Crystals have long been used to help improve health, from relieving anxiety and relaxing the mind to increasing confidence and building self-esteem. But do they work?

From Victoria Beckham using them in her backstage kit to Miranda Kerr using crystal healing properties as part of her meditation-yoga regimen, crystal healing properties are enjoying a moment. Here’s everything you should know about them.

Clear Quartz

Clear Quartz is one of the most beloved crystals, revered for its healing powers and valued for its profound effects on spiritual growth and clarity. Clear Quartz serves as a master healer that fosters clarity, focus, and spiritual expansion – it cleanses negative energy while amplifying positive intentions, making it an indispensable part of any meditation or manifesting practice.

Emotionally, clear quartz can help release emotional blockages and restore calm and clarity, as well as balance body energies to foster overall well-being and wellness.

Physically, Clear Quartz can promote clear communication and self-expression, promote postoperative healing, relieve pain and soothe respiratory conditions. It has also been found to support digestive system function as well as immunity. Clear quartz is known to amplify energy, with placement in the heart chakra increasing compassion and empathy towards others. Furthermore, crystal grids benefit greatly from using it; its energies harmonize with each other to focus their effects.

Amethyst

Amethyst crystal is revered for its spiritual healing properties and widely revered for promoting emotional balance and spiritual alignment, detoxing the body of toxins, soothing physical ailments like headaches and insomnia, shielding against negativity, and soothing the mind by relieving stress, dispelling toxic thinking patterns, and aiding sleep patterns [1]. It has become one of the premier crystals for relaxation purposes [2-3].

Amethyst quartz meanings have long been linked to its ability to open the ajna chakra, or “sixth sense”, and bring you closer to God and help strengthen connections with your higher self. It may even facilitate greater spiritual awareness.

Amethyst is the birthstone for Pisces and Aquarius, and is often said to strengthen their spiritual connections, encourage intuition, and help them manage change with grace. Keep one close by when setting daily intentions or while meditation; keeping a memento will remind you to repeat positive affirmations throughout your day!

Rose Quartz

Rose Quartz is one of the most beloved healing crystals, and an icon of love, compassion and unity. Its healing properties encourage empathy development while helping individuals forgive others as well as themselves. Furthermore, rose Quartz promotes healthy relationships while increasing feelings of overall contentment and wellbeing.

Gentle energy of this stone makes it an effective remedy for heart-related issues such as trauma, anxiety and fear. Furthermore, its healing properties promote emotional equilibrium while helping you integrate love into all aspects of your life – leading you to true love.

As with other crystals, Rose Quartz may help with physical healing; however, any benefits could simply be the placebo effect and should never replace seeking professional medical advice for your own wellbeing.

Citrine

Citrine has an active effect in both the base and sacral chakra, helping to balance thyroid activity while stimulating thymus gland activity. Citrine may also aid spleen, pancreas and kidney health while increasing blood circulation – as well as providing balance to hormone levels during menopause as well as relieving hot flushes associated with menopause.

Citrine is an exceptionally powerful stone to bring wealth and abundance into your life. Also referred to as the Merchant’s Stone, Citrine can increase business opportunities and bring wealth, happiness and success.

Citrine crystals can help creative professionals and business owners increase energy levels and avoid burnout by increasing positive thinking, relieving anxiety, overcoming fear, relieving depression and helping overcome self-doubt. Madeira citrines can even be created through heating amethyst to produce its warm yellow/orange hue.