Anyone use Rocks to help with medical issues?

[smittys]

Collecting playing with working on or anything.
Just curious 

I may get to play cut polish and so, because of a medical issue.

[captbob]

[Tommy]

My wife is a massage therapist and they offer a "hot stone" massage ... probably not what you had in mind but could be vaguely thought of as medicinal.

[orrum]

I have a large, about 8 inches by 5 inches mahogany obsidian that has a indeture carved into it. Made by a licensed holistic medicine man from Tijuana Mexico at the time. Now he is in Cottonwood Az. His name is Brian. You lay the stone in the sun to warm snd then use it to rub over your hip. It works grest for the arthritis I have in my hip!!! I don't care it it's in mind, in the suns warmth or Brians effects on the stone! It flat out works and gives me great relief. Plus it's s finely polished beautiful shiny specimen of obsidian.

[rockjunquie]

Not really sure about what you are talking about, but there is a little bit of science behind a few of the alternative claims. For instance, some rocks contain lithium and are good for some depressions. Whether the person is able to absorb enough through their skin is an question out of my league, but I suppose it's possible. Most of what you see on the internet now, I think is bunk. It is not coming from 100's of years of folk remedy and such - rather from greedy arse's preying on desperate people. However, the power of suggestion is strong and is every bit as good as some medicines. Believe strong enough and it may work. Placebo- Nocebo.

I had a roommate who was a staunch born again. She was convinced that praying would cure her bronchitis. It did for awhile, too. Until my doubt and negativism burst her faith bubble and she ended up with pneumonia. I felt really bad about that and now I say- If it works for you; go for it!   

[jamesp]

www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/clay-eating

[snuffy]

Aug 9, 2017 14:31:11 GMT -5 jamesp said:

www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/clay-eating

I remember going into a black owned establishment to check on vending machines in the early '70s.Jars of clay on the shelves for sale. My coworker told me about the clayeaters.Here in Texas too!!!

snuffy

[jamesp]

Aug 9, 2017 14:42:47 GMT -5 snuffy said:

Aug 9, 2017 14:31:11 GMT -5 jamesp said:

www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/clay-eating

I remember going into a black owned establishment to check on vending machines in the early '70s.Jars of clay on the shelves for sale. My coworker told me about the clayeaters.Here in Texas too!!!

snuffy

Quite common here snuffy.
You do know that Kaopectate is a derivative of kaolin clay ? It is a great cure for diarrhea.
It is likely you have kaolin deposits at 250 feet altitude(or fall line).

It is similar to tumbling slurry.
A car wash on Stewart Avenue in downtown Hapeville had to dig there sewage lines.
They were plugged up due to African Americans eating the white clay in the adjacent bank. Then using bathroom.

[smittys]

Maybe I'll find some healing crystals that will heal me,

[rockpickerforever]

I had heard that "Moqui Marbles" were considered to have mystical properties that could cure you, balance and center you, re-align your chi, impart harmony to the user, etc.  A few years back, I was having some hip pain that would keep me awake at night.  I started sleeping with a small (1.5 inch) moqui marble, and after a time, it quit hurting me.  Anything to it?  Would the pain have eventually gone away on it's own? Coincidence?   Placebo affect?  I think sometimes the human brain just wants so badly for something to believe in.  If it works for you, why not do it?

They are sold online, and places like Etsy.  It is believed that some are male and some are female.

What they are -

Moqui Marbles are created over time by water that permeates sandstone layers and dissolves pockets to which later, iron oxides such as hematite, goethite and limonite are deposited, eventually seeping into the porosity. Formed millions of years ago, the sandstone which imprisons the iron node eventually weathers away, revealing the iron concretions.

Generally round or smooth spheres of compacted sandstone surrounded by a concretion of iron oxides, these Moqui Marbles are also known as ‘Shaman Stone’ or ‘Thunderballs.’ They have been a part of the native Indian spiritual rituals of the region for properties that they alone understand. Modern spiritualists, nature-healers and Wiccan beliefs include such items in their repertoire of ‘healing’ and ‘cleansing’ stones and gems.

Moqui marbles are found extensively in the Navajo Sandstone Formation within the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah and throughout the American southwest, notably including Utah are the states of Arizona and Colorado across the geologic formation known as the Colorado Plateau.

Now protected in Utah’s Escalante National Monument, these stones cannot be legally collected by rock and mineral prospectors. Ones legally or previously acquired before legislation can be found in gem and mineral shops for sale as well as on the internet. Often these are marketed under the umbrella purpose of being ‘mystic healing stones’ in that venue. Similar in form and function to ‘bogi’ stones, their purported usage are to ‘stabilize energies,’ ‘communicate with animals’ ‘welcome the spirits of the dearly departed’ and generally ‘impart harmony’ to the user, and so forth.

Some people believe that these marbles have magical/metaphysical uses. They believe that they can be used as a protection against outside sickness or evil, to renew certain energy centers, such as the chi, to cure sickness and to center and focus one's personality.

Moqui marbles can be used during meditation and other spiritual changes. According to popular belief, one marble should be grasped in each hand during the meditations and journey, and this will aid progress. In general though, many believe that it is enough just to have these marbles around you and your home.

A BlogSpot with more info on their uses.  And one more , a website for a company called Healing Crystals.

What rockjunquie said, if it works for you, go for it.  Never turn a blind eye to something that may be able to help you, even if we do not understand it.

 

[HankRocks]

Sounds like another way to make blackboard chalk!!

[Sabre52]

When we made or move to Texas, we had several rock/garage sales. Local wiccans showed up and bought hundreds of pounds of rocks the supposedly used for healing purposes. Red jasper and obsidian were very popular. They bought other rock too but I didn't keep track of what they wanted to use it for. Whatever floats yore boat I guess....Mel

[captbob]

Aug 9, 2017 15:00:02 GMT -5 smittys said:

Maybe I'll find some healing crystals that will heal me,

IF different types of rock "cure" different ailments, I reckon I should either live to be around 200 - or forever.


scary thought...

[spiceman]

Medical issues is the big reason that I started tumbling rocks.
It fits me. Doing something is better than trying to figure out, why.
You take the worst thing you have and make the best of it.

[rockpickerforever]

Aug 9, 2017 18:59:03 GMT -5 captbob said:

Aug 9, 2017 15:00:02 GMT -5 smittys said:

Maybe I'll find some healing crystals that will heal me,

IF different types of rock "cure" different ailments, I reckon I should either live to be around 200 - or forever.


scary thought...

You think it's scary for you, how do you think the rest of us feel?  (Kidding!)

[HankRocks]

With all of the Quartz Crystals I have it looks like I will be joining you. Suppose that means I will be getting a Smartphone in about 50 or 60 years that and I will be switching to the jumbo-sized everything from Sam's.

[jakesrocks]

A good stoning cures most ailments, permanently.

[Pat]

No, but rocks make me happy. 😄

A phd scientist friend got interested in rocks when he had s painful back. His boss called him into his office, asked him to lay on his stomach on his desk. Then boss took a large quartz crystsl, placed/rubbed his back with it, and the pain left. Nice!!

[aDave]

I'm a naysayer. That's just me. I view the "healing properties" of rocks to rank right up there with global warming and laying in a pyramid. I may be wrong, but I've got better things to do.

Dave

[Garage Rocker]

I got the impression from reading the OP that we are not talking about any healing properties of the rocks themselves, but rather something therapeutic in the searching for and working of rock.  Almost as if this is a 'prescription' for some condition. Am I off base?