Prehnite

Although not well known to the general public, in Daoist Stone Medicine (DSM) from China Prehnite is understood to be one of the premier stones (along with Aventurine and Chrysoprase) to help clear blockages in the physical and energetic bodies, especially waste and fatty deposits. These blockages can result from a wide range of causes, including physical traumatic injury or simply eating an unhealthy meal which blocks up the digestive process.

Especially issues related to Chi Stagnation (restrictions to the flow of life energy in the body) are seen in DSM as being helped by Prehnite: this includes issues such as prostate swelling, gout, indigestion, high blood pressure etc.

For example, some DSM practitioners heat Prehnite and rub it over cellulite areas on the body to help clear cellulite. Other Chinese Medicine practitioners use Prehnite in combination with Bloodstone to help tone the Uterus.

Prehnite is also understood to help clear psychological blockages as well as physical and energetic. It is used to create a healthy sense of “flow” in life, to overcome feelings of vulnerability or insecurity or fear. Some practitioners put it under the pillow at night to promote lucid dreaming by promoting flow between ordinary awake consciousness and the dreaming state.

An important counterindication to the use of Prehnite is pregnancy – DSM practitioners believe that Prehnite should never be used by a pregnant woman, because the developing fetus is an accumulation of tissue in the body, which Prehnite may affect because it helps clear unusual deposits in the body.