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.