Pearls for Your Health

Since ancient times, the pearl has been a symbol of unblemished perfection. It is the oldest known gem, and for centuries it was considered the most valuable. A fragment of the oldest known pearl jewelry, found in the sarcophagus of a Persian princess who died in 520 BC, is displayed in the Louvre in Paris. To the ancients, pearls were a symbol of the moon and had magical powers. In classical Rome, only persons above a certain rank were allowed to wear pearl jewelry. The Latin word for pearl literally means "unique", attesting to the fact that no two pearls are identical..

In addition to its value as a gem of incomparable beauty and allure, for many centuries leading physicians believed pearls contains special curative abilities, especially for the eyes, diseases of the blood, and melancholy or depression. Pearls were believed to possess the power to enable one to see into the future, and to interpret dreams. By the 13th century they were believed to be effective for car obligations and diseases caused by depression. Simply by swallowing a concoction containing a Pearl, one could cure eight variety of conditions. Orders were also made of pearls, and applied it to the eyes because, according to one educated Castilian of that day, “they clear the site wonderfully, strengthened the nerves and dry a moisture which enters the eyes.”

Natural pearls are works of art, needing very little from man to enhance their beauty. each natural pearl is different - one of a kind. They come in all shapes and sizes, and are fanciful. Shapes referred to as rosebud, snail, angel wing, turtleback, dog's teeth and other baroque shapes work beautifully for earrings pendants, and pins.

In the Americas, both the Incas and Aztecs prized pearls for their beauty and magical powers. Spanish explorers of the New World found the natives in possession of rich pearl fisheries. For many years, the New World was best known in European cities like Seville and Cadiz as the land where pearls came from.

In the 14th and 15th centuries, drops of Pearl power makes in distilled water or given to cure in sanity and other elements in 1492, when Lorenzo, a famous ruler of Florence, Italy, was dying of the fever, he was given a similar concoction. Reportedly, when asked by a friend to describe how it tasted, he replied, “as pleasant as anything can to a dying man.” Apparently it did nothing to cure his fever; he died.

In Bahrain, whereby Law all pearls brought into the country must be natural, some cultured pearls have been permitted by customs to enter the country — but strictly for use in medicinal preparations to treat cystitis, impotency, and eye problems! And in China, for example, pulverized pearls are used in cosmetic creams purported to keep skin young looking.