Crystal healing

Crystal healing is a practice that attributes beneficial properties to stones and crystals for a person’s body, emotions or energy. Its French name, lithothérapie, combines the Greek lithos, “stone,” and therapeia, “care.” It draws on ancient traditions such as medieval lapidaries, but its current form developed with the New Age. No study has demonstrated any specific effect of the stones: crystal healing may accompany a sense of well-being, but it never replaces medical advice or treatment.