Iridology is an alternative medicine practice in which patterns, colors and other characteristics of stromal fibers of the iris are examined for information about a patient's systemic health. Practitioners match their observations to iris charts which divide the iris into many zones , believed to correspond to specific parts of the human body. Iridologists claim that they do not diagnose specific diseases, but rather that they "highlight" those systems and organs in the body that are healthy and those which are described as "overactive" or "inflamed." These are said to point to a tendency in the patient towards certain illnesses, to reflect past medical problems, or to predict health problems which may be developing. Since iridology is not a method of treatment, its practitioners have often studied other branches of alternative medicine, such as naturopathy, and use the study of the iris as a diagnostic first step.
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Iridology
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