Stone therapy, description of the procedure, history

Another serious argument in favor of alternative medicine is that chemically created medications are artificial drugs with a long list of side effects and contraindications. And treatment with natural materials works as if from the inside, including the protective mechanisms and properties of the body itself.

If the vast majority of medications treat symptoms, then alternative medicine in general and stone therapy in particular help the patient's body to heal itself from the disease, including those internal reserves that are embedded in each.

Stone therapy is used as an additional method in the treatment of such diseases as: immune disorders, metabolism, colds, muscle pain, kidney disease, gallbladder and urinary bladder, gastrointestinal tract, diseases of the spine and musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular, bronchopulmonary diseases.

The essence of stone therapy

In essence, stone therapy is a massage with hot and cold stones, which helps to strengthen the body and rejuvenate it by improving internal circulation processes. Based on ancient methods of traditional medicine, a modern method of practical stone therapy was developed.

Due to temperature changes, the impact of different rocks, for example, jadeite, microcirculation is normalized, metabolism is improved. The nature of the effect of stones on the human body has not been studied. The only thing that has been established is the temperature effect, but even its internal processes remain a mystery. The positive effect of hot and cold stones has a beneficial effect on the patient's energy, even improves hormonal levels. The tonic effect of stone therapy has also been noted.

Alternative medicine is not self-medication

However, in order for stone massage to really work, an experienced specialist is needed (for example, a reflexologist or kinesiotherapist), because stone therapy is not an easy massage, it is a complex procedure, partly reminiscent of meditation.

When working with each patient, a professional must take into account some features of the procedure:

• selection of active points that stimulate certain organs of the body;
• rhythm, activity and strength of movements during massage, relaxing music;
• alternating cold stones with hot ones;
• selection of exactly the type of rock that is needed.

When working with stones, as in any other treatment procedure or technique, it is necessary professionalism.

The relationship between centuries and modernity

In fact, even the ancients knew about the beneficial effects of stones on the body when performing proper acupressure. The most ancient evidence of this relates to Mesopotamia, which means that this healing technique was used earlier, but we will no longer know this. However, different stones for different purposes were used by both the nobility of the ancient Celestial Empire and the Roman patricians.

To restore and transform disparate techniques into a single comprehensive holistic healing system, painstaking scientific work was needed. In particular, it is worth mentioning the researcher Mary Nelson Hennigan, who, being a qualified massage therapist, made a tangible contribution to the development of modern stone therapy.

Stone therapy uses flat and smooth stones that cannot damage the integrity of the skin. They are heated with a special device and laid out on the points necessary for the course of treatment.

Usually stone therapy affects the spine - our ancestors noticed that this is the basis, the core of the body, through which many organs can be positively affected. But at the same time, a more local, targeted laying of stones is also used, as well as a face massage with stones. Appearance reflects the internal state, and therefore the harmonizing effect of stone therapy is also manifested externally - the skin becomes healthier, younger in appearance.

The human body is a complex unified system, and stone therapy, among other things, also helps to maintain the internal rhythms of all circulation processes, which has a positive effect on both blood circulation and the patient's metabolism. In addition to jadeite, other rocks are also actively used. Including relatively rare minerals, such as: moonstone, aventurine, diamond, amber, pearl (a mineral of biological origin), hematite, lapis lazuli and some others. At the same time, each stone has its own set of properties depending on the energy structure and other characteristics.