What is Iridology?
Eyes are often described as the windows to our soul. The eye is not only the window to our soul; the eye is a map to our body.
Have you ever noticed that there often appear clouds or marks in the iris of your eyes and these often change depending on your state of health or age? Have you noticed that your left eye is different than your right eye? If you have, congratulations, as many people believe that their eye color remains the same all of their lives.
Iridology or iris diagnosis is a method used in alternative medicine to analyze the health status by studying colors, marks and signs in the iris, pupil, and sclera of the eye.
The irid reveals body constitution, inherent weaknesses, and levels of health and transitions that take place in the body according to the way one lives. Such as, conditions of the tissues (inflammation, acidity, toxicity, congested lymph, hardened arteries, etc.).
I have had the opportunity to notice these changes in the irises, pupils, and sclera of eyes and have come to the conclusion that what is revealed in the eyes, mirrors the state of health of our entire body. That the iris of the eye, is actually a map where each place represents a different body organ or system.
Iridology is therefore not concerned with named diseases but with restoration and maintenance of health through building up the patient's immunity and life force.
Iridology is a safe, non-invasive diagnostic technique, it requires no needles, and no anesthetic or drugs. Yet it may provide a valuable guide to health.
How did iridology start?
Iridology dates back hundreds of years, but the first iris map developed was in the early 1800's by a doctor named Ignatz von Pezcely in Hungary. He is known as the father of iridology. In his childhood it is written that he captured an injured owl in his backyard that had a broken leg. He noticed in one of its eyes that there was a black line but when the leg healed, a white mark appeared where the dark mark was. This incident started a life-long interest and study of iridology. Since then, many scientists, doctors, and health professionals around the world have studied iridology. Iridology is taught in countries like America, Australia, Germany, and Russia, where even modern medicine has begun to take notice.