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Unakite is a metamorphic rock that is altered granite composed of pink orthoclase feldspar, green epidote, and generally colorless quartz. Discovery
Well developed crystals of epidote, Ca 2 Al 2 (Fe 3+;Al)(SiO 4)(Si 2 O 7)O(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system, are of frequent occurrence: they are commonly prismatic in habit, the direction of elongation being perpendicular to the single plane of symmetry.
In traditional herbalism, it was used as a remedy for toothache and nosebleeds [79] and as a vulnerary (used for or useful in healing wounds). [80] Ginkgo biloba: Ginkgo: The leaf extract has been used to treat asthma, bronchitis, fatigue, Alzheimer's and tinnitus. [81] Glechoma hederacea: Ground-ivy It has been used as a "lung herb". [82]
Shungite is most widely known for pseudoscientific and quack medical claims about its uses in medicine and technology, where it is claimed to have properties ranging from nebulous health benefits to blocking 5G radiation.
Eclogite piece from Norway with a garnet (red) and omphacite (greyish-green) groundmass.The sky-blue crystals are kyanite.Minor white quartz is present, presumably from the recrystallization of coesite.
Oils and the belief that they had healing properties, along with other beliefs of the time, are described by Dioscorides in his De Materia Medica, written in the 1st century A.D. [7] Distilled cedarwood oil was used by the ancient Egyptians, and the process of distilling essential oils like rose essence was refined by the 11th century Persian ...
For the Chumash people, spiritual practices played an equally important role as medicinal plants in the healing process. Body, mind, and spirit were seen as indistinguishable, so treatments had to account for all aspects of the self to be effective. The first remedies focused on the spiritual to open the mind and body to healing. [4]
Five sangomas in KwaZulu-Natal. Traditional healers of Southern Africa are practitioners of traditional African medicine in Southern Africa.They fulfil different social and political roles in the community like divination, healing physical, emotional, and spiritual illnesses, directing birth or death rituals, finding lost cattle, protecting warriors, counteracting witchcraft and narrating the ...