Do you believe in this quack healing? I talked to an Iridology patient once, and he said that his Urinary Tract Infection was cured through that technique. Really now? How can he be diagnosed by just looking on his eyes?

In some countries even, they charge more than what a general practitioner (in that same country of course) earns - a GP who spent several years of study and will probably need to learn more to be an expert in his field.

I also can't believe why some people would waste their time being diagnosed by these quack doctors.

Care to share?

I had a check-up once,they seem to guess my health issues but it did not convince me to buy their supplements,i really have doubts. I better eat a well- balanced diet, manage stress and get a good sleep.

Iridology is an alternative medicine technique whose proponents believe that patterns, colors, and other characteristics of the iris can be examined to determine information about a patient's systemic health.

There is no scientific evidence to suggest that it is proven. However, it is treated as a pseudo science by most medical practitioners.

This was featured in Discovery Channel (years years years back). There were 3 former Iridologists who decided to quit their profession, because they can't just go on fooling patients. The former Iridologists claimed that Iridology is not a science but rather an art of deceiving and fooling patients into believing that their herbal vitamin pills is a cure-all medicine and that they can diagnose different medical conditions (heart, lungs, kidney, liver, BPH) just by looking at the eyes.

I agree. I studied and analyzed findings involving iridology for years. We had to conclude that there was no scientific application of this analyzing technique. We termed it "a parlor trick." We abandoned the use of iridology for a more precise method of science, Anatomy & Physiology as integrated with Herbalism.

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In developing countries though, people have this "ignorant" belief that you'll spend less money seeing a quack doctor.

Iridology is the science of detecting sickness or illness thru the use of the human eyes. Lines, spots and discoloration are the ways that iridologist look and getting valid information on whats wrong on the human body.

I have much experience in this area. I studied it for several years and applied it to my field. However, there were never any clear-cut analysis that could contribute to my working knowledge of Anatomy & Physiology.

I experimented by taking a person to three different iridologists who were considered "good" in their jobs. We got three different, inconclusive results in the readings.

Several professionals in the sciences of herbology now recognize iridology to be nothing more than a "parlor trick."

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My question is that can an iridologist be considered as quack doctor?

Since iridology is a kind of study or science that can detct the illness or disease of the person using the retina in the eye. There are six process or steps that a disease can be detected. Usually doctors can evaluate and diagnosed on the fourth and fifth stages. But in iridology it could be detected on the earlier part along the 2nd and 3rd steps of the process.

Black:

Are you a practitioner who uses iridology?

Charles in Arizona
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Iridology is not a valid conclusion on sickness. Once you consult to a iridology centerit is not a valid illness that yu can get.

cbenghauser - 24 November 2008 07:01 PM

Black:

Are you a practitioner who uses iridology?

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Nope I only read something about iridology and thats why I shared it on to this thread.

Black:

What you stated is the "normal" belief in the health industry. But when iridology is placed under scientific scrutiny, it's shown to be nonsense even by those of us in the natural, scientific community.

Joe_888 gives an accurate comment. Joe, are you also in the health field?

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There is a treatment that uses the iris of the eye to check the symptoms of a disease to a person. Is there a course or field of study in becoming a iridologist? Do they have license to practice this field?

Oh, brother! Here we go again!

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It is already concluded here that iridology is not a sciece nor a medical practice. Why are there some people who still believe in this practiice? Is there any relevance between iridology and reflexology?

James:

The question you raise about relevancy between reflexology and iridology was the very question I asked when I was studying and anylyzing iridology. For all I can figure, there was absolutely no relationship between the two in principle nor actual application.

Reflexology is more of a science than iridology.

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Reflexology is a science but not iridology. When I go through reflexology, there are target points that they use to cure my, for example, sinusitis or headaches. When I read about iridology is that it deals with the eyes and each part of it detects the sickness in your body. That is why I got confused if reflexology is a hoax treatment too.

The posts that were given here are saying that there is no truth about iridology.

There are still clinics that perform iridology. Nevertheless, it is still our own decision if we want to consult an iridologist or not.