Jade:    Strengthens  heart,  kidneys,  immune  system.  Helps cleanse
        blood.  Increases longevity and fertility.  Aids eye disorders
        and female problems.  Powerful  emotional  balancer.  Radiates
        divine,   unconditional   live.   Clarity,  modesty,  courage,
        justice, wisdom. Peaceful and nurturing.  Dispels  negativity.
        Healing affinity will correspond to particular color of stone.
NOTE:   This  guide  was  prepared for general information on healing
        properties of commonly-available gemstones.  A number  of  the
        qualities they attribute to stones may or may not work for any
        given situation, and you are advised to experiment.  There are
        a number of ways to do this, safely, on yourself.

        1.  Identify  a  problem that you have, which can be helped by
            one of  the  stones.   For  example,  if  you  are  easily
            depressed  or consider yourself uninspired, then rutilated
            quartz should help you.  Carry a piece of  the  stone  for
            several  days  to  a couple of weeks, preferably beginning
            when the moon is waxing.  See if you think it DOES make  a
            difference.   Or give it to someone you know who has these
            problems, and see if you notice any  difference  in  their
            behavior.  (On a key chain is a good way to do this, since
            they will tend to carry their keys all the time).

        2.  Drop your stone in a glass or bottle of water (not a metal
            one,  please!)  for  a few days. Cover it, and set it on a
            window sill.  When you feel it  is  ready,  take  out  the
            stone,  and drink the water.  That is an elixir (in modern
            terminology).


        3.  When a problem arises, look up a stone  that  should  help
            it  -  one  that  you  have  in your collection.  Lay in a
            comfortable place (on the bed, the floor,  or  even  in  a
            warm  bathtub!),  and  place  the stone on the appropriate
            chakra.  Relax, and let the stone work.  What do you feel?
            Did it help?

        4.  Once you are familiar with the stones that work  for  you,
            you  can put them to good uses indeed.  Tuck a rose-quartz
            in your pocket to calm a hot temper - and make you a  more
            easy-going person.  Pick a stone with a good throat chakra
            affinity  to  carry  on  days when you are giving talks or
            presentations.


        All stones, and other tools for that matter, need to be rested
        at times.  It's best that during the dark  moon  (the  last  3
        days  of  the  waning  moon  cycle),  you  let  them  rest and
        recharge.  This  is  a  good  time  to  give  them  a  monthly
        cleaning,  set  them in the window or on a shelf in the light,
        and let them be for a couple of days.

        Nature totems - and that includes stones  -  will  lose  their
        effectiveness  if  you  simply  stick them on a shelf or hoard
        them.  Use them, handle them, make them  part  of  your  life.
        When  the time comes that a stone no longer works for you, you
        should pass it on to someone else, or return it to the earth.