Iridology diagnosis is an alternative medicine which may name as 'nonsense' by some of the conventional practitioner (Quackwatch, Stephen Barrett, MD). Under Dr. Stephen Barrett 'philosophy', anything under alternative medicine are all nonsense.
Learn more about Dr. Stephen Barrett on Quackpot Watch.
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Read Clayton College of Natural Health Responds to Quackwatch on 9th of April, 2008.
Eye diagnosis (Chinese: 眼诊法) is indeed been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years, the content of Chinese eye diagnosis include: Five Obiculi Theory (Chinese: 五轮学说), Eight Region Theory (Chinese: 八廓学说) and Eyeball Meridian Region Diagnosis (Chinese: 眼球经区诊法). The Eyeball Meridian Region Diagnosis (Chinese: 眼球经区诊法) was first introduced by Professor Peng Jingshan (Chinese: 彭静山教授), a renowned professor from Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Chinese: 辽宁中医药大学) in 1970, Professor Peng is believe to be the first person to introduce Eye Acupuncture (Chinese: 眼针疗法) in Chinese medicine history. There are more than hundreds of research papers on Chinese Eye Diagnosis and Eye Acupuncture (Chinese: 眼针疗法).
Iridology diagnosis is a Western approach to alternative medicine, the first explicit description of iridological principles such as homolaterality (without using the word iridology) are found in Chiromatica Medica, a famous work published in 1665 and reprinted in 1670 and 1691 by Philippus Meyeus (Philip Meyen von Coburg).
The first use of the word Augendiagnostik ("eye diagnosis," loosely translated as iridology) began with Ignaz von Peczely, a 19th-century Hungarian physician. The most common story is that he got the idea for this diagnostic tool after seeing similar streaks in the eyes of a man he was treating for a broken leg and the eyes of an owl whose leg von Peczely had broken many years before. At the First International Iridological Congress, Ignaz von Peczely's nephew, August von Peczely, dismissed this myth as apocryphal, and maintained that such claims were irreproducible.
President of Iridology Practitioners Association Mr. Lim Soo Sang present gift to our founder, Choo Led Sin
Our founder, Choo Led Sin (Front Left 4) was invited as Guest of Honor on the induction dinner of IPAS on 14th of Dec 2008
Last but not least, we respect every school of medicine, whether it belongs to conventional or alternative. We view iridology diagnosis as a research subject only, which complement with our Chinese Eye Diagnosis. As a responsible clinician, we never rely on any one kind of diagnosis system alone, whether it belong to conventional or alternative. We have studied more than thousands of research and scientific paper throughout these years, and make sure every modalities we use must at least been clinical proven even if it may not have enough scientific evidence at the present time being.
Certification issued by IRIDOLOGY ASIA ASSOCIATION of CHINA on CERTIFIED IRIDOLOGIST.
Read more about IRIDOLOGY from other research and scientific papers.
1. [Iridology: a systematic review]
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2008 Sep;42(3):596-600. Review. Portuguese.
PMID: 18856131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2. [Looking for colorectal cancer in the patients iris?]
Ophthalmologe. 2008 Jun;105(6):570-4. German.
PMID: 18463880 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
CONCLUSION: Iridology had no validity as a diagnostic tool for detecting colorectal cancer in this study.
3. Relationship between iris constitution analysis and TNF-alpha gene polymorphism in hypertensives.
Am J Chin Med. 2007;35(4):621-9.
PMID: 17708628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4. [The automatic iris map overlap technology in computer-aided iridiagnosis]
Zhongguo Yi Liao Qi Xie Za Zhi. 2002 Nov;26(6):395-7. Chinese.
PMID: 16104313 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Am J Chin Med. 2005;33(3):501-5.
PMID: 16047566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6. Can iridology detect susceptibility to cancer? A prospective case-controlled study.
J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Jun;11(3):515-9.
PMID: 15992238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
CONCLUSION: Iridology was of no value in diagnosing the cancers investigated in this study.
7. Association between iris constitution and apolipoprotein e gene polymorphism in hypertensives.
J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Dec;10(6):1101-5.
PMID: 15674008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8. [Analysis of iris: history and future]
Dan Medicinhist Arbog. 2003:103-17. Danish.
PMID: 14765528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9. [Correlation between iridology and general pathology]
Oftalmologia. 2002;55(4):64-9. Romanian.
PMID: 12723182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10. Iridology: not useful and potentially harmful.
Arch Ophthalmol. 2000 Jan;118(1):120-1.
PMID: 10636425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11. Iridology: A systematic review.
Forsch Komplementarmed. 1999 Feb;6(1):7-9. Review.
PMID: 10213874 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Conclusion: The validity of iridology as a diagnostic tool is not supported by scientific evaluations. Patients and therapists should be discouraged from using this method.
Lik Sprava. 1998 May;(3):152-6. Ukrainian.
PMID: 9695599 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
13. Looking for gall bladder disease in the patient's iris.
BMJ. 1988 Dec 17;297(6663):1578-81.
PMID: 3147081 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14. An evaluation of iridology.
JAMA. 1979 Sep 28;242(13):1385-9.
PMID: 480560 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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