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 Pearls for Your Health
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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.
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 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. |
 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.
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