Iridology has its roots in ancient times dating back about 1,000 B.C..
Stone slabs were found depicting a relationship between the iris and other
parts of the body. Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, also makes
reference to the iris as a means for assessing the body's parts. In the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, various books were published on
the subject of using parts of the eye as a tool for gathering general
information about the overall state of the physical body. It was not until
the late eighteenth century, however, that Iridology really started to
take hold in the assessment of physical conditions as an aid in the treatment
of illness.
Iridology is the process of assessing the condition of the body's tissues through a comprehensive study of the iris and the sclera of the eye. By reading the topography of the iris, a trained practitioner can specifically locate various weaknesses and toxicities in the body, as well as the severity of any particular condition. The study of Iridology is a powerful tool for assessing underlying tendencies which may be a factor in the cause of disease. Where Allopathic medicine primarily deals with symptomology, such as prescribing Aspirin for fever for instance, an Iridologist uses symptomology to help guide him/her to the underlying cause of illness. Disease is a label given to a specific collection of symptoms, and as Iridology is not concerned with labels per se, the Iridologist will rather examine internal patterns which hold the key to their original source. Although Allopathic medicine does use the eye to assess several medical conditions, traditional Western practice has yet to give Iridology any real credibility.
Iridology works through the central nervous system. The brain, being the central processing unit of the body, allows the whole body to communicate with all of its parts. The optic nerve, as an extension of the brain, carries the energetic impulses from the body to the fibres in the iris, where the condition of the body's tissues is reflected. This is very similar to Reflexology and Pulse Diagnosis, although the iris reveals far greater detail about the body's functioning than most other assessment systems. Once a practitioner knows what indicators to look for, assessing and locating inherent systemic weaknesses becomes a straight forward process. In Eastern Medicine, there are various ways in which a trained practitioner can read the condition of the body's systems through similar physical interpretations, such as Facial and Tongue assessment.
That which can be seen in the iris includes hereditary and acquired conditions, the level or severity of an illness, emotional retention, as well as all of the body's systems and the condition of its tissues. Iridology is not a diagnostic tool, in so far as an Iridologist cannot actually see specific 'diseases' in the iris or sclera. If, for instance, an individual has stones causing an irritation in the kidneys, then what will show in the iris is irritation in the tissues relating to the kidney region. Even if there is no irritation in the tissues of the kidney from the stones, there may be indications of weakness in the tissues of the kidneys as revealed in the iris.
All conditions found in the iris of the eye are mutable, regardless of
whether or not the indicators are hereditary or acquired. The human body
can always be cleansed and rebuilt, regardless of age. The key to retraining
the system is to offer support in a gentle, natural way to those areas
of the body which have inherent weaknesses or which have become toxic
over time. In any case, there are always positive choices to be made in
the treatment of an individual's condition.
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