Cleaning and cleaning stones for lithotherapy

Stones are alive and transform as they are used. : they change color, crack and may even lose their properties when overstressed. But if you educate them well and send them positive energy, they will keep it and can return it to you.

There are various techniques for the care, cleaning and energy cleaning of stones and crystals for lithotherapy. We'll see four main : water, burial, salt and fumigation.

Anyway, always treat your stones and crystals with love and respect. After using them during a lithotherapy session, thank your stones, tell them about the benefits they have brought you. Also remember to wipe them down regularly with a soft cloth so they retain all their shine.

When to clean a stone or crystal?

When you buy or are offered a stone, the latter are already charged with the energy of the people who handled them. the first thing to do is to discharge it and cleanse it of energies (potentially negative) that he has accumulated. This step should be systematic when you acquire a new stone or a new crystal.

Also necessary clean the stones regularly when using them for lithotherapy sessions. During the latter, they are charged and discharged, and it is necessary to neutralize these energy contributions and expenditures in order to maintain the properties and balance of your stones.

if you wear your stones every day, you will also need to unload and clean them. You will naturally feel when they need it.

Water purification

If all lithotherapists do not recommend the same stone and crystal care methods, there is one that everyone agrees on: water purification.

This technique is simultaneously simple and effective. After using your stones, soak them in a bowl of tap water for a few hours. Thus, they discharge the energies accumulated in contact with the body. To avoid chemical contamination of running water, you can also use demineralized water.

This maintenance technique should become a reflex for you after each use of your lithotherapy stones. However, be careful because not all of them can withstand water. This is especially true for azurite, celestite, garnet, pyrite or sulfur.

Burial of stones

This technique is recommended for stones and crystals in need of deep cleaning. Find a place on earth that is positively charged with energy and bury your stone there. Take care to identify the place where you put it, so that you can easily find it later.

For effective cleaning and unloading, leave the stone in the ground for a period of several weeks to several months. Thus, your stone will discharge all the energies accumulated in it and gain a second life.

When you dig it up clean the stone with water, then polish it with a cloth before recharging.

Purification par le sel

There are several approaches to purifying salts. In the first, it is recommended to place a stone for lithotherapy on pile of sea salt and let it discharge due to the absorption of energy by salt.

The second school recommends using crystallized salt solution dissolved in water. Reynald Bosquero recommends, for example, the use of salt from Guérande or Noirmoutier in combination with demineralized water. In this case, the container is covered with an opaque film and left to stand quietly for at least three hours. After this cleaning, rinse the stone with clean water and let it dry in the sun. On the Reynald Boschiero website, you will find salt specially collected for the complete purification of your crystals.

Please note that the baths can only be used for stone and cleansing. Also note that not all lithotherapy stones can withstand contact with salt.

la fumigation

It is a Gentle stone cleaning and unloading technology lithotherapy. It consists in passing crystals through smoke from incense, sandalwood, or Armenian paper. Use this technique if you want to purify stones and crystals that are rarely used or are frequently refined.

And then?

Once your stones are cleared, you can proceed to reload them. To learn more about this item and find a list of gems with recommended methods for cleaning and recharging them, you can refer to this article: How to replenish lithotherapy stones and minerals?

To continue the topic, some books by specialists in lithotherapy:

• Scientific lithotherapy: how lithotherapy can become a medical science, Robert Blanchard.
• Guide to Healing Stones, Reynald Bosquero
• Crystals and Health: How to Choose and Use Stones for Your Well-Being by Daniel Breeze