Crystal healing

Crystal healing is a spiritual practice that uses crystals or gemstones with the claim that they affect health or energy. Reliable scientific evidence does not support these healing claims.

Placebo effect: A change in symptoms or experience arising partly from treatment expectations and the context of care. Expectations may shape how people feel during crystal healing without establishing a crystal-specific effect.
Ancient Egyptian religion: The religious traditions and practices of ancient Egypt, spanning thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians used gemstones in amulets and ritual contexts, though not as the modern practice's direct blueprint.
Chakra: A concept in Indian religious and spiritual traditions describing centers associated with vital forces in the subtle body. Some practitioners assign particular stones to specific chakras.
Lithotherapy: A practice claiming that stones or minerals can prevent or treat illness. Lithotherapy overlaps closely with crystal healing but often emphasizes mineral substances as remedies.
Placebo: An inactive treatment or control used to separate specific treatment effects from contextual effects. The term helps distinguish a treatment's specific action from expectation and ritual.
Crystal structure: The ordered, repeating arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a crystalline solid. Physical crystal properties arise from atomic structure, not demonstrated healing energies.
Ayurveda: A South Asian medical tradition that developed systems of health, diet, and treatment over many centuries. Modern gemstone healing sometimes borrows language and ideas from Ayurvedic traditions.
Reiki: A Japanese-origin spiritual healing practice involving hands placed on or near the body. Reiki and crystal healing are often combined in complementary wellness sessions.
Mineral water: Water containing dissolved minerals in naturally or artificially varying concentrations. Its chemical contents can be measured, unlike the unverified energies claimed for healing crystals.
Ritual: A structured symbolic action performed according to a customary or prescribed form. Selecting and arranging stones can give crystal healing a meaningful ritual structure.

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Crystal skullCompared with: Healing claims about crystal skulls extend broader beliefs about crystals into a skull-shaped object.