Bloodstone is dark green with red flecks.  It is grounding, but not in a heavy way.  It is an excellent healer for the physical body, especially for blood disorders and liver problems.  It is an powerful detoxifier.  It is also very useful to provide support and stability and to increase energy when compromised.  If you are feeling low following illness, and need a boost, bloodstone could give steady, reliable support.  I have found that Bloodstone has helped with infertility.

Traditional Bloodstone comes from India. This is African Bloodstone, also known as Seftonite. Whereas Indian Bloodstone is Seftonite is deep, dark green Bloodstone with small red spots, Seftonite is a paler, almost mossy green with larger patches of red. Personally, I find Seftonite to be gentler.

Moss Agate is a beautiful form of quartz chalcedony that has tree or fern like inclusions or dendrites which give the names. The base of Moss Agate is clear Quartz and the dendrites are mainly green and created by the inclusion of various metals. There is no organic matter in the stone.

It brings a wonderful healing energy, which is quite slow and gentle, but deep acting, combining spirituality with the natural physical world, connecting and balancing above and below, and also left and right, within our being. They remind us that we are Nature herself – Life expressing herself through each and every one of us – and can thus support us to remember our true spiritual Beingness. In doing so, and thus understanding our place in the world, we can step away from ego, become more grounded in our lives and more healthy on all levels, with stronger immune systems and better relationships with ourselves and others. I absolutely love this stone, and fully appreciate her beauty and magic.

Through the doctrine of signatures, these stones have been considered to help with nervous system disorders. They have also been used for healing plants and supporting gardening.