How to Clean Your Crystal Quartz With Brown Rice

Quartz crystals are a staple of alternative healing.

Alternative healers who prescribe and provide crystal therapy recommend cleansing crystals before you use them for your first self-therapy session as well as after each healing session. The first cleansing process is said to rejuvenate the crystals by removing the energy they absorbed from the people who processed them before you purchased them. Subsequent cleansing removes any negative energy that the crystals absorbed when you used them for healing and gets the crystals ready for the next use. Use brown rice, with or without scented herbs, to cleanse quartz crystal without risking physical breakage or damage.

Things You'll Need

• 2 lbs. brown rice
• Ceramic or porcelain bowl
• Lemongrass, cedar or sage essence

Instructions

1. Rub a few drops of essence of a fragrant herb over all of the surfaces of your quartz healing crystals if you desire or if instructed to do so by your healing practitioner.

2. Pour about 1 lb. of brown rice into a porcelain or ceramic bowl. Place your crystals in the rice gently so the rice covers the bottom quarter of your crystals.

3. Pour another pound of the rice over the crystals so they are fully covered. Allow unscented crystals to remain in the rice for 12 hours and allow scent-treated crystals to remain in the rice for a day.

4. Remove the crystals from the rice and use them as you usually would for a healing session.

Tips & Warnings

• Rice used for cleaning crystals has absorbed negative energy. Bury it in the earth or otherwise dispose of it in an ecologically sound manner after you remove your crystals from it.

References

• Crystals Gems: Crystal and Gemstone Cleansing
• Epona Yoga: Soul Inspiraton Crystals: Cleansing and Charging Crystals