Translations:Jade/1/en

Two different semi-precious stones are known as jade: nephrite and jadeite. Jadeite is the rarer and more valuable of the two. The Chinese believed that jade united in itself five cardinal virtues: charity, modesty, courage, justice and wisdom. The Vedic scriptures say that jade, of “all gems,” removes “negative karmic reactions.” Nephrite means “stone of the kidneys,” and this stone has been used for healing kidney diseases for thousands of years.