Iridology is the study of how our health and the condition of our body is revealed in the iris

Your brain monitors every thought in your mind and controls every function in your body and because the eyes are connected to the brain, everything is recorded in them.

It is as if the brain is the body’s computer and the eyes are the screen to what is going on in your body’s hard drive.

The Iris incorporates an early warning system which indicates irritations and inflammations or tissue changes within the body , and as health problems are reflected in the iris from the very early stages, treatment can begin before clinical disease symptoms appear.

Iridology has been used as a means of detecting disease patterns in the body since Egyptian times. Many tombs have drawings of the iris’s of the dead depicting the disease from which they died.

The modern history of Iridology began in about 1860 when a boy named Ignatz Von Peczeley, in Budapest Hungary, was freeing an owl trapped in the garden and accidentally broke one of the birds legs. Soon after he noticed a dark strip appear in the lower part of the birds eye. He bandaged the leg and nursed the bird back to health and returned it to the wild.

However the bird lingered in the garden for some years and Von Peczeley noticed that the black markings in the eye had faded and white crooked lines remained. This made a strong impression on his mind.Von Peczeley became a Doctor and by studying the iris’s of patients after accidents he started to put together a chart of the iris relating various parts of the iris to parts of the body. Many people have followed on and charts of the iris have been modified and improved on over the years.

Physicians from virtually every system of medicine the world over would agree

-the eyes reveal many aspects relating to the state of our health.

All communication begins with eye contact. The eyes reveal friendliness or animosity, interest or apathy, attraction or revulsion. In fact in many ways the eyes can tell you more about what a person is feeling than what he says .Words can be contrived, the tongue may deceive, but the subconscious language of the eyes never lie.

EARLY  WARNING SIGNS

Physicians from virtually every system of medicine the world over would agree - the eyes reveal many aspects relating to the state of our health.

Signs of ill health are often seen in the eyes before any clinical symptoms appear.

We have all seen how the eyes become puffy and watery before the onset of the ‘flu, or how the eyes appear smaller when we become tense or tired.

The first signs of jaundice are frequently seen by the whites of the eyes turning bright yellow. Diptheria causes the pupils to dilate, whereas syphilis causes them to contract to pinhole size and paralysis of the eye muscles is the first indication of beriberi.

Chronic nephritis (persistent inflammation of the kidney) is often diagnosed through the eyes - the eyelids become puffy and vision quickly deteriorates. Rheumatic fever and influenza are both commonly preceded by iritis ( inflammation of the iris) and scarlet fever and measles usually begin with catarrhal conjunctivitis.

Diabetes is yet another disease whose symptoms commonly first effects the eyes. In fact many diabetic patients are first made aware of their condition when they visit their optometrist after experiencing rapid deterioration of their vision.

The list of diseases that are commonly detected in the early stages through the eyes is endless. Little wonder that the eyes are considered to be an early warning system in relation to our physical health.

UTILISING THE IRIS MAP

By utilising the iris map and understanding what the different colours ,textures and patterns seen in the eye represent iridology is  an invaluable tool for the  trained practitioner.

Iridology and nutrition are closely associated. All disease conditions have a nutritional aspect. When an iridologist sees underactive tissue, he knows that there is a nutritional imbalance there one of iridology’s greatest strengths is revealing areas of  underactive tissue with specific needs for nutritional correction.

Many wonderful healings occur by just organising the dietary intake and by reinforcing this with herbs and minerals.

The Thyroid gland changes with the addition of iodine.The stomach changes with additional organic sodium in the diet. Bone changes occur according to the quantity and quality of calcium intake. All tissue will rebuild and change if supported properly.

The 20th centaury now has the technology available to enable an accuracy in diagnosis that was never before achievable. A video image of each eye is taken which is scanned onto a computer  screen , a grid overlay  of the iris map is placed on each eye enabling the practitioner  to study and assess the iris in great detail and with more accuracy.

Thee images are stored and at a later date after treatment ,comparisons can be made to see what health improvements have been achieved and a colour photograph is printed for the patients personal record.

WHAT  CAN  IRIS  ANALYSIS  TELL  US ?

*  The primary nutritional needs of the body

* The inherent strength or weakness of organs , glands and tissues

* Constitutional strengths and weaknesses

* Which organs are in the greatest need of repair or building

* Toxic settlement in organs, glands and tissues.

* Where inflammation is located in the body

* Underactivity or sluggishness of any organ , gland , tissue

* Spastic and ballooned conditions of the bowel ,

   prolapsus of the transverse colon , bowel inflammation.

* Circulation level in various organs

* Nerve force & depletion

* Lymphatic system congestion

* Physical or mental fatigue or stress on the body

* Genetic weakness

* Catarrh

* Adrenal exhaustion

          WHAT IRIDOLOGY CANNOT SHOW

 * Iridology does not  diagnose diseases. Instead in analyses tissue conditions

    as reflexly indicated in the iris , an entirely different process.

* Whether an operation is needed. This is a medical evaluation.

* It does not show evidence of operations performed under anaesthesia.

   Due to the effect anaesthesia has on nerve transmission , the iris does not  

   record the condition of an organ while anethetized. In the case of an organ    

   that has been removed , the iris records the presurgical condition.

*  It does not reveal pregnancy. ( However some say it can)

*  The presence of gallstones or kidney stones ( a stone is not a tissue

     alteration ) There is no nerve supply to the stones.

*  Iridology is not a  “Psychic” analysis

*  Iridology cannot predict a persons life span

*  Iridology cannot detect gender.

Iridology is often useful when symptoms have been hard to diagnose.

If you are feeling tired, run down or stressed out and can’t quite work out why, Iridology may be just the thing for you.

Lynne Max (Dip Herb.Med) is an Accredited Herbalist/Iridologist trained by Dorothy Hall

Iridology is used as a diagnostic tool and patients are treated with personalised Herbal Mixtures,

Bach Flower remedies and Mineral Therapy.

 Ph: 1300 732 094