Scientific research into iridology
Well-controlled scientific evaluation of iridology has shown entirely negative results, with all rigorous double blind tests failing to find any statistical significance to its claims.In 2015 the Australian Government’s Department of Health published the results of a review of alternative therapies that sought to determine if any were suitable for being covered by health insurance. Iridology was one of 17 therapies evaluated for which no clear evidence of effectiveness was found.A German study from 1957 which took more than 4,000 iris photographs of more than 1,000 people concluded that iridology was not useful as a diagnostic tool.In 1979, Bernard Jensen, a leading American iridologist, and two other iridology proponents failed to establish the basis of their practice when they examined photographs of the eyes of 143 patients in an attempt to determine which ones had kidney impairments. Of the patients, forty-eight had been diagnosed with kidney disease, and the rest had normal kidney function. Based on their analysis of the patients’ irises, the three iridologists could not detect which patients had kidney disease and which did not. One iridologist, for example, decided that 88% of the normal patients had kidney disease, while another judged through his iris analysis that 74% of patients who needed artificial kidney treatment were normal.
Another study was published in the British Medical Journal which selected 39 patients who were due to have their gall bladder removed the following day, because of suspected gallstones. The study also selected a group of people who did not have diseased gall bladders to act as a control. A group of 5 iridologists examined a series of slides of both groups’ irises. The iridologists could not correctly identify which patients had gall bladder problems and which had healthy gall bladders. For example, one of the iridologists diagnosed 49% of the patients with gall stones as having them and 51% as not having them. The author concluded:, “…this study showed that iridology is not a useful diagnostic aid.”Edzard Ernst raised the question in 2000: “Does iridology work?This search strategy resulted in 77 publications on the subject of iridology. All of the uncontrolled studies and several of the unmasked experiments suggested that iridology was a valid diagnostic tool. The discussion that follows refers to the 4 controlled, masked evaluations of the diagnostic validity of iridology. In conclusion, few controlled studies with masked evaluation of diagnostic validity have been published. None have found any benefit from iridology.”
A 2005 study tested the usefulness of iridology in diagnosing common forms of cancer. An experienced iridology practitioner examined the eyes of 110 total subjects, of which 68 people had proven cancers of the breast, ovary, uterus, prostate, or colorectum, and 42 for whom there was no medical evidence of cancer. The practitioner, who was unaware of their gender or medical details, was asked to suggest a diagnosis for each person and his results were then compared with each subject’s known medical diagnosis. The study conclusion was that “Iridology was of no value in diagnosing the cancers investigated in this study.”
The Simplified Guide to Iridology – EBook
Discover What Your Eyes Are Telling You About Your Health!
Eyes Aren’t Just Good for Looking Out, They Can Also Be Used to See Inside & Get a Better Picture of Our Health!
It turns out your eyes aren’t just great for seeing the outside world, they also reveal what is happening inside you.
It’s true, everything from your eye color to your iris patterns to the shape of your pupil may actually be revealing your genetic inheritance.
With Iridology you can use iris charts to identify inherent strengths and deficiencies within the body.
While Iridology has been around for many, many years; finding good, quality information about it can be difficult.
To remedy this situation and to help keep those who could benefit from this science from missing out, we’ve created a new e-book entitled, The Simplified Guide to Iridology.
Written by Ellen Tart-Jensen, Ph.D., D.Sc. C.C.I.I., this book is an up-to-date introduction into this fascinating subject.
About the Author
Ellen studied the science of Iridology for several years with the legendary natural healer, Dr. Bernard Jensen, at the Hidden Valley Health Ranch in California. Dr. Bernard Jensen is known worldwide as the “Father of American Iridology.”
Ellen became Dr. Jensen’s protégé, learning all that he had to teach in the fields of Iridology and Nutrition and is the only person who has written permission from Dr. Bernard Jensen to place his seal on iridology certificates.
Ellen has studied and worked in the field of iridology and natural healing for nearly 30 years. She is now an internationally recognized authority on iridology and holistic health.
Discover What Your Eyes Are Telling You About Your Health!
Eyes Aren’t Just Good for Looking Out, They Can Also Be Used to See Inside & Get a Better Picture of Our Health!
It turns out your eyes aren’t just great for seeing the outside world, they also reveal what is happening inside you.
It’s true, everything from your eye color to your iris patterns to the shape of your pupil may actually be revealing your genetic inheritance.
With Iridology you can use iris charts to identify inherent strengths and deficiencies within the body.
While Iridology has been around for many, many years; finding good, quality information about it can be difficult.
To remedy this situation and to help keep those who could benefit from this science from missing out, we’ve created a new e-book entitled, The Simplified Guide to Iridology.
Written by Ellen Tart-Jensen, Ph.D., D.Sc. C.C.I.I., this book is an up-to-date introduction into this fascinating subject.
About the Author
Ellen studied the science of Iridology for several years with the legendary natural healer, Dr. Bernard Jensen, at the Hidden Valley Health Ranch in California. Dr. Bernard Jensen is known worldwide as the “Father of American Iridology.”
Ellen became Dr. Jensen’s protégé, learning all that he had to teach in the fields of Iridology and Nutrition and is the only person who has written permission from Dr. Bernard Jensen to place his seal on iridology certificates.
Ellen has studied and worked in the field of iridology and natural healing for nearly 30 years. She is now an internationally recognized authority on iridology and holistic health.
Discover What Your Eyes Are Telling You About Your Health!
Eyes Aren’t Just Good for Looking Out, They Can Also Be Used to See Inside & Get a Better Picture of Our Health!
It turns out your eyes aren’t just great for seeing the outside world, they also reveal what is happening inside you.
It’s true, everything from your eye color to your iris patterns to the shape of your pupil may actually be revealing your genetic inheritance.
With Iridology you can use iris charts to identify inherent strengths and deficiencies within the body.
While Iridology has been around for many, many years; finding good, quality information about it can be difficult.
To remedy this situation and to help keep those who could benefit from this science from missing out, we’ve created a new e-book entitled, The Simplified Guide to Iridology.
Written by Ellen Tart-Jensen, Ph.D., D.Sc. C.C.I.I., this book is an up-to-date introduction into this fascinating subject.
About the Author
Ellen studied the science of Iridology for several years with the legendary natural healer, Dr. Bernard Jensen, at the Hidden Valley Health Ranch in California. Dr. Bernard Jensen is known worldwide as the “Father of American Iridology.”
Ellen became Dr. Jensen’s protégé, learning all that he had to teach in the fields of Iridology and Nutrition and is the only person who has written permission from Dr. Bernard Jensen to place his seal on iridology certificates.
Ellen has studied and worked in the field of iridology and natural healing for nearly 30 years. She is now an internationally recognized authority on iridology and holistic health.
Discover What Your Eyes Are Telling You About Your Health!
Eyes Aren’t Just Good for Looking Out, They Can Also Be Used to See Inside & Get a Better Picture of Our Health!
It turns out your eyes aren’t just great for seeing the outside world, they also reveal what is happening inside you.
It’s true, everything from your eye color to your iris patterns to the shape of your pupil may actually be revealing your genetic inheritance.
With Iridology you can use iris charts to identify inherent strengths and deficiencies within the body.
While Iridology has been around for many, many years; finding good, quality information about it can be difficult.
To remedy this situation and to help keep those who could benefit from this science from missing out, we’ve created a new e-book entitled, The Simplified Guide to Iridology.
Written by Ellen Tart-Jensen, Ph.D., D.Sc. C.C.I.I., this book is an up-to-date introduction into this fascinating subject.
About the Author
Ellen studied the science of Iridology for several years with the legendary natural healer, Dr. Bernard Jensen, at the Hidden Valley Health Ranch in California. Dr. Bernard Jensen is known worldwide as the “Father of American Iridology.”
Ellen became Dr. Jensen’s protégé, learning all that he had to teach in the fields of Iridology and Nutrition and is the only person who has written permission from Dr. Bernard Jensen to place his seal on iridology certificates.
Ellen has studied and worked in the field of iridology and natural healing for nearly 30 years. She is now an internationally recognized authority on iridology and holistic health.
What is Comprehensive Iridology?
Comprehensive IridologyTM, was developed, and is accredited, by the International Iridology Practitioners Association. This is a combination of the American and European models of iridology, and it contains the latest up-to-date information on the theory and practice of iridology that is based on current extensive research.
What is iridology?
Iridology (also known as iridodiagnosis or iridiagnosis) is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents claim that patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine information about a patient’s systemic health. Practitioners match their observations to iris charts, which divide the iris into zones that correspond to specific parts of the human body. Iridologists see the eyes as “windows” into the body’s state of health.
Iridologists claim they can use the charts to distinguish between healthy systems and organs in the body and those that are overactive, inflamed, or distressed. Iridologists claim this information demonstrates a patient’s susceptibility towards certain illnesses, reflects past medical problems, or predicts later health problems.
As opposed to evidence-based medicine, iridology is not supported by quality research studies and is widely considered pseudoscience. The features of the iris are one of the most stable features on the human body throughout life.[disputed – discuss] The stability of iris structures is the foundation of the biometric technology which uses iris recognition for identification purposes.
In 1979, Bernard Jensen, a leading American iridologist, and two other iridology proponents failed to establish the basis of their practice when they examined photographs of the eyes of 143 patients in an attempt to determine which ones had kidney impairments. Of the patients, forty-eight had been diagnosed with kidney disease, and the rest had normal kidney function. Based on their analysis of the patients’ irises, the three iridologists could not detect which patients had kidney disease and which did not.
The iris is the greenish-yellow area surrounding the transparent pupil (showing as black). The white outer area is the sclera, the central transparent part of which is the cornea.Iridologists generally use equipment such as a flashlight and magnifying glass, cameras or slit-lamp microscopes to examine a patient’s irises for tissue changes, as well as features such as specific pigment patterns and irregular stromal architecture. The markings and patterns are compared to an iris chart that correlates zones of the iris with parts of the body. Typical charts divide the iris into approximately 80–90 zones. For example, the zone corresponding to the kidney is in the lower part of the iris, just before 6 o’clock. There are minor variations between charts’ associations between body parts and areas of the iris.
According to iridologists, details in the iris reflect changes in the tissues of the corresponding body organs. One prominent practitioner, Bernard Jensen, described it thus: “Nerve fibers in the iris respond to changes in body tissues by manifesting a reflex physiology that corresponds to specific tissue changes and locations.” This would mean that a bodily condition translates to a noticeable change in the appearance of the iris, but this has been disproven through many studies. (See section on Scientific research.) For example, acute inflammatory, chronic inflammatory and catarrhal signs may indicate involvement, maintenance, or healing of corresponding distant tissues, respectively. Other features that iridologists look for are contraction rings and Klumpenzellen, which may indicate various other health conditions.
Seven rings Iris zones/rings and accompanying body region/organ
Inner: Stomach.
Second: Small and large intestine.
Third: Circulation of blood and lymph.
Fourth: Internal organs and endocrine system.
Fifth: Musculoskeletal system.
Outer: Skin and organs of elimination.
How to take a iridology picture?
I would like to work with an Iridologist not in my area. How do I get pictures of my eyes to them? Answer). Email your photos. If you are taking the pictures yourself, use a camera or camera phone and a flashlight to take 10 still, close-up photos of each eye. How do I do it? Simply shine the flashlight at the outer corner of the eye, and have someone take the photos for you close-up. The flashlight will illuminates the eye. Use your thumb and index finger to lift-up your top and bottom eyelid until the entire eye is visible (the top and bottom part of your eye must be visible); if that doesn’t work, then open your eye wide enough to where the photographer can see the top and bottom part of your eye. Then Look Straight into the camera’s eye, and shine a flashlight, or pin light directly at each corner of your eye (one eye at a time). This will illuminate your iris fibers so that the camera can pick-up the iris fibers. All is needed is a photo of your iris (eye) and not your entire face .
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