Explanation of symbols:

Human hands and spi­rals have been used as ways of focus­ing heal­ing energy from ancient times to the present.
The place­ment in the Bagua dif­fers from one sect to another. The tri­gram here is Thun­der.
The key to well­ness is dif­fer­ent for each per­son and requires a per­sonal jour­ney.
The “dragon’s eye” was a sym­bol used to focus heal­ing ener­gies or for pro­tec­tion.
Some tra­di­tions claim that dis­eases could be cured by tying a thread into nine knots.

Sug­ges­tions:

• Sap­phire: said to cure dis­eases of the eyes and infec­tions
• Jade: in China, when boiled with rice and dew water in a cop­per pot, it made a “divine liquor” believed to cure many ills
• Hematite: used in antiq­uity for every med­ical rep­re­sen­ta­tion of blood
• Amber: in Baltic coun­tries used for arthri­tis
• Herbs, aro­mather­apy oils
• Col­ors: green, red, yel­low, orange

This infor­ma­tion appears on the back of the art­work.