There are many medical pseudosciences that persist despite a utter lack of either plausibility or evidence for efficacy. Some practices emerged out of their culture of origin, or out of the prevailing ideas of a pre-scientific age, while others were manufactured out of the imagination of perhaps well-meaning but highly misguided individual practitioners. They were just made up – homeopathy, for …

What is Iridology Iridology is the study of the iris – the coloured part of the eye. Iridology is not a treatment therapy but rather a diagnostic tool used to detect underlying signs of developing disease. Through various marks, signs and discolouration in the iris, nature reveals what is going on internally, inherited weaknesses and strengths and an Iridologist can …