Earlier, we briefly touched upon the concept of iridology, and came to the fast conclusion that it did not provide any significant data. As I was researching information to figure out what to write about this week, I came upon numerous (modern) sources that in fact support the idea of iridology and use it in their medical practices. Most people who do this are natural healers, as one might expect. I looked into this topic a bit more. As we are focusing on vision and its complexities, it may be interesting to delve a bit deeper into this concept, and see what it is about. Iridology, in the most general sense, is the study of the irises of an individual’s eyes in order to determine his or her overall health. It was first discussed in writings of Hippocrates, from the fourth century BC. The founder of modern iridology was the Hungarian Dr. Ignatz von Peczley.“It is seen as a holistic tool, rather than a tool to determine one particular aspect of the health of an individual. Some people do indeed use this field in modern day to assist with diagnoses of patients, although others firmly believe that it does not help with the particular diagnosis of a disease within patients. Rather, they believe, it helps determine various tissue strengths of corresponding organs in the body. Some also believe that a “branch” of iridology can give insight into the psychological health of an individual, in addition to or rather than the physiological. This branch, referred to as “Rayid,” is said to analyze the emotional, mental and even spiritual aspects of the body. Some believe that learning the field of iridology can give allow an individual to check themselves on a routinely basis so as to ensure overall increased health. As we briefly touched upon in class, iridology uses charts to help measure one’s overall health. In addition to this, a tool called a Chinese iriscope has been created to “accurately” measure the health of a person based on their irises. This practice of iridology is in fact more pronounced in Eastern Asia than in the West, and medical practitioners on that side of the world somewhat significantly believe in its use, at least on some level, as there are so many opinions of this field. Some even support a “vibratory theory” regarding neural impulses causing vibrations, leading to eventual vibrations in the iris!
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