Iridology
"T
he light of the body is in the eye: when the eye is sound the body is sound." Matthew 6:22.
Iridology is the science of analysing the iris (the coloured part of the
eye) in order to determine the condition of the organs and tissue of the
body. The eyes can be likened to miniature television screens,
recording the cellular activity throughout the body. For under
magnification they reveal in minute detail the state of the tissues
throughout the body - inflammation, toxicity, acidity, degeneration,
spasm, lymphatic congestion, hardening of the arteries, the heart, the
liver, gall bladder, kidneys, pancreas, spleen, thyroid gland, lungs and
bronchials; they are all recorded in the coloured part of the eye known
as the iris.
During the middle of the last century one man stumbled across a
discovery which I believe will yet change the course of medical
history. The discovery began with a child playing with an owl in his
back garden, and led to what is now referred to as iridology. Throughout
the ages the eyes have been proclaimed as the windows to the soul, yet
only in relatively recent years has the full truth of this statement
begun to be appreciated.
The Founder of Modern Iris Analysis.
Ignatz von Peczely, a Hungarian medical doctor was born on 26 January
1826. As with many other universal truths, the eyes as 'windows of the
soul' were opened to him as a result of an accident and astute
observation.
"I was eleven years old, when one day I tried to catch an owl that
defended itself violently and plunged its claws into my hand, and the
more I tried to free my hand the deeper did the owl, with its claws
pierce my flesh. There was no other way but to try by force to break
the one leg of the owl in order to extract the claw, and as I was a
strong boy I succeeded in doing so.
During the struggle I and the owl chanced to look to each other sharply
into the eyes, and the very moment I broke the leg in two, I observed to
my surprise a black streak appearing in one eye of the owl. However, a
friend of animals, I took the bird home, bandaged the leg, and treated
it until it again was well during which time the bird became so tame
that it returned and ate at my table in the garden, and continued doing
this in a long time after it was liberated.
In the fall of the year the owl flew away but next summer it returned
and was quite tame as it had been the previous year. And one day
sitting with it on my hand, I happened to notice the black streak in the
one eye of the bird, and saw that it was there just as plainly as on the
day when it originated, but it was now bordered and surrounded by white
lines!"
Iris Science (1916).
Although the irises only show the state of the tissues inside the body,
they record changes in the tissue long before clinical symptoms
develop. If you knew that you had weak kidneys, would you choose to
drink much alcohol? Most people who find themselves with ill conditions
usually adhere to the dietary and other guidelines recommended by their
doctor of hospital dietician. But doesn't it make more sense to deal
with a condition before it becomes a major health problem?
Hippocrates the father of medicine referred to the eye in his diagnoses,
and evidence suggests that numerous groups of people, including the
Brahmins and the monks of Tibet, centuries ago, knew that the colours of
the eye were influenced by diseased conditions of the body. There are
many doctors in Germany, Australia, the UK and USA who use iris analysis
but until properly controlled clinical trials are undertaken which take
allot of time and money, the medical establishment will continue to
ignore the relevance of the iris as a health indicator.
Modern medicine is mostly concerned with pathology or medically-named
diseases, whereas the iris does not point to or identify a 'disease' as
such. Degenerative disease including cancer, diabetes and pneumonia are
not confirmed in the iris; however toxicity and congestion of lymph
tissue, weak tissue in the pancreas, and inflammation of the lungs and
bronchial's will be apparent. The iris reflects only the state and
condition of the body tissue, and from this a remedial treatment program
can be designed to deal with all the body systems rather than treating
the 'disease' in isolation.
The Iris-brain connection.
The eyes and brain are closely related. In the embryo the eye starts out
as part of the brain. The iris is an extension of the brain, being
endowed with hundreds of thousands of nerve endings, microscopic blood
vessels, muscles and connective tissue. The markings and colours in the
iris change as the condition of the body tissue changes.
The eye and more particularly the iris, is a very complex organ about
which we still know very little. But we do know that there is a terribly
intricate connection between the eye and the brain via the nervous
system. We do know that the eye and iris both change in form with
changes in our body chemistry. At first it may seem complicated. After
all, if all the organs of the body are recorded in the tiny area of the
iris, shouldn't it be an intricate procedure and far too complex for a
lay person to comprehend? Not for a basic health analysis it is. In
actual fact, it is really quite simple. Through the eyes we are given a
glimpse of the state of a person's mind, for the iris does not merely
reflect physical health, it reveals a variety of emotional states as
well. Stories of anxiety, depression, anger, hypertension, grief and
many other emotional disturbances are all told by they eyes.
"Iridology, A Practical Guide To Iris Analysis" - Adam J Jackson