Tears of beautiful nymphs

Ancient Greeks in myths connect it with the tears of sisters of the Phaeton mourning his death. And the yellow pitch used in the ancient time as varnish, Greeks called in honor of the gold-haired queen Berenika.

Amber is found in burials of Ancient Egypt, amber is mentioned in the poems by Socrates. Amber, most likely, got to Ancient Rome together with Phoenician merchants and became almost invaluable. Pliny the Elder writes that the small figure from amber was more expensive than the good and healthy slave.

Trusted in force of Neron amber and equipped behind it the merchants. Black amber was a favourite stone of the emperor. The Roman patricians carried with themselves amber balls, rubbed hands, believing that amber strengthens their force.

What is amber?
It is the fossil hardened pitch of ancient pines, light yellow, orange, red, brown and even white colors.

Still ancient assumed that the origin of a stone is connected with flora. Still the Roman historian Tacitus wrote about it, but to prove it and only Mikhail Lomonosov could describe.

And in the Middle Ages people believed in antique times that amber not only decorates, preserves, but also cures and helps to keep beauty. That it is interesting that the modern science does not argue with it and even assumes that amber jewelry is really curative.

- It is known that as a part of amber more than 40 connections are revealed. From amber receive one of vitamins - D3, amber acid which is a nonspecific biostimulator.

- From amber also emit antiseptic which is added to toothpaste and rheumatism ointment.

- If jewelry adjoins to skin, then amber stabilizes work of internal enzymes, improving exchange processes.

- It is scientifically proved that amber acid, getting only into unhealthy cages, suppresses toxins.

- If to wear a beads or a necklace from amber, then they serve as prevention of diseases of a thyroid gland and quinsy. And if diseases already are, then promote healing.

- Amber jewelry or plates of amber help to get rid of a headache, joint pains, treatment is promoted from female diseases, by fevers, suffocation, diseases of kidneys and a liver.

- They say that the Polish amber vodka perfectly treats quinsy and other catarrhal diseases.

- And amber mouthpieces almost twice reduce the probability of emergence of oncology because of addiction to tobacco.

- Once amber was pounded with rose attar and diseases of eyes and ears treated, and pounding it with honey, put to cracks standing.

- Now many dream to have is dazzling white teeth and subject themselves not to safe procedures. Folk healers claim that if to pound amber and to grease with it teeth, they will become white, brilliant and strong.

Not for nothing, probably, our ancestors called amber a stone of health, good luck and the sun. Was considered that the amulet from amber attracts love to the owner. Scotland considered that witches and evil spirits the amber beads collected by all means on red thread drive away.

Now many women use amber for the benefit to the beauty. Only amber has to be present – natural, but not synthetic which there is a lot of on sale.

- Amber from cellulitis
It is necessary to take a large bead of dark color size about walnut. To grease the places covered with an orange-peel, vegetable oil, to allow it to be absorbed, and then in these places of 7-10 minutes to roll an amber bead, carefully massaging skin.

- The rejuvenating amber water
To string a beads of light color on a red silk thread and to lower them in a glass with water pure, otstoyanny within a day, to cover with a napkin. In half an hour to take out a beads, and water to wash. It is possible to use a half in the morning, a half in the evening. Skin will become gentle and smooth.

- Beauty at night
It is considered that if to put for the night under a pillow amber beads, the woman for many years will keep youth and beauty.