Amethyst is a popular stone that has been used in healings for ages. 
 
 
Amethyst is a popular gemstone which has calming and meditative properties. It can help users to become more calm and composed. Purple in color, Amethyst is also beneficial in resolving financial and legal issues and can foster abundance and prosperity.
 
Use of the gemstone in De-addiction
 
Owing to its sedative properties, Amethyst can enhance co-operation and flexibility. It can help people to overcome grief or personal losses. Amethyst can help alcoholics and smokers to get rid of their addictions. It can also help in curing compulsive disorders of all kinds.
 
Amethyst is also looked upon as an all purpose stone in the spiritual or psychic realms. It helps in improving the spiritual powers of a person by making a direct connection between the earth plane and the other realms or planes. Amethyst can also encourage lucid dreaming and meditation. It can open a person’s channels to past life regression, telepathy, clairvoyance, clairaudience and communication with angels. Amethyst can also be used to offer protection from strangers and thieves.
Physically amethyst can help cure health problems such as insomnia, headaches, any type of addiction, arthritis, circulatory system issues, diabetes, fatigue, endocrine system problems, fibromyalgia, deficiencies, phobias, asthma, PMS, menopause, pregnancy and general healing. 
 
Although this gemstone is associated with the crown chakras and third eye mainly, it can also open the heart chakra.