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                                  Part 2
                               HEALTH ISSUES

                   What Iridology Can show and Not Show

There are many claims that have been made with iridology to what it can show
us in regards to the human body. Although this list is far from complete, It
is believed that a least 80% of iridologist are in agreement with these
findings listed here. With continued research & development in iridology,
there will be many more valuable findings that will lead to future
modifications of this list.


2.01                         What Iridology Can Show

1. Inherent weakness or strength of organs, glands, and tissues

2. Constitutional strength or weakness

3. Inflammation in tissue and its location

4. The stage of tissue inflammation

5. The relative amount of toxicidy in organs, glands, and tissues

6. Primary nutritional needs of the body

7. Organs\tissues that are in greatest need of repair

8. Bowel\Intestine\Colon - Underactivity, sluggishness, spastic, ballooned,
   stricture, prolapsus, inflammation & nervous conditions

9. Hyper\Hypoactivity of organs, glands, and tissues

10. Poor assimilation of nutrients

11. Lymphatic system congestion

12. Mineral depletion in an organ, tissue, or gland

13. The relative ability to hold nutrients in an organ, tissue, or gland

14. Tissue areas contributing to suppressed symptoms

15. A genetic display of inherent weaknesses and their influence on other
    tissues in the body

16. Recuperative ability & health level in the body

17. Suppression of catarhh\mucous in the body

18. Sources of low-grade infections

19. Quality of nerve force\energy in the body

20. Results of stress\physical\mental fatigue

21. The effects of iatrogenic conditions

22. Preclinical stages of many diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular, etc

23. Genetic weaknesses affecting the nerves, blood supply, and minerization
    of bone.

24. Genetic influence on symptoms present

25. High risk tissues\organs that may be progressing toward a disease

26. Circulation level in various organs\tissues

27. The influence of one organ on another

28. High or low sex drive

29. The buildup of toxic material before the disease manifestation

30. Miasmic taints

31. Positive & negative nutritional needs

32. Acidity & catarrhal development

33. The potential for senility

34. Pressure on the heart

35. Nerve force & nerve depletion

36. Healing signs indicating increased strength in an tissue, organ,or gland

37. The condition of tissues in any part of the body at one time

38. Overall resistance to disease

39. The relationship of symptoms in the body

40. The body's response to treatment, whether a particular therapy is working

41. The accuracy of Hering's Law of Cure

42. The difference between a disease\healing crisis

43. Adrenal exhaustion

44. The whole, overall, health level of the body



2.02                   What Iridology Cannot Show

1. Whether the subject is male or female

2. Diseases by name

3. What surgical operations a person has had

4. Pregnancy

5. Whether a tumor is present and what size it is

6. The presence of kidney stones or gallstones

7. The presence of AIDS

8. Whether a cardiac artery is blocked

9. Differences between drug side effects & disease symptoms

10. Whether hemorrhage exists

11. Blood pressue levels, blood sugar levels, and other specific diagnostic
    findings & lab results

12. What kind of drugs\medications an individual has taken

13. Uric acid levels in the body

14. The time and cause of an injury

15. The number of organs with which a person was born with

16. The presence of yeast infections

17. Whether surgery is necessary

18. What foods a person does or does not eat specifically

19. The correlation between tissue inflammation and specific diseases or
    symptoms of disease. Iridology cannot diagnose disease!

20. The presence of lead, mercury, alumininum, coal tar, cadmium, or
    any other metallic elements in the body




                                 Appendices

A1. Where to get a current version of this FAQ?

A current version of this FAQ is updated in CNRI homepage
quarterly. The Homepage address is: http://www.sasknet.com/~bulmj/



                              Glossary of Terms
A2.


* A *

ACQUIRED CONDITION: To gain possession of; a condition in the body that has been
created after birth usually from poor lifestyle; a lesion or marking in the iris
that was not present at birth.

ACUTE: A highly active stage with a short course; rapid metabolism with rapid
use of nutrients and rapid production of waste material.

ANALYSIS: A separation of an intellectual or substantial whole into its parts so
as to find out their nature, function, etc.; a statement on these findings.

AUTOINTOXICATION: Toxins which are produced by the body, when not eliminated,
settle into different organs (usually the weaker organs) and result in a form of
self-poisoning.


* B *

BALLOONING: An expanded area of the bowel due to the build-up of gas and fecal
material.

* C *

CATARRH: Inflammation of mucus membranes with a resulting free discharge of
mucus. 

CHEMICAL DEFICIENCIES: Lacking or insufficiency of an essential biochemical
element that is needed in the body.

CHEST BRAIN: The medulla or brain stem which controls heart and respiratory
functions.

CHRONIC: Persevering for a long time; an unhealthy state showing little change
or slow progress over a long period of time; a weak cell metabolism where cells
do not take in nutrients or excrete wastes effectively.

CONSTITUTION: The inherent make up or strength of the body metabolism, symbolic
of the body's resistive powers; interpreted in the iris by fiber density and
quality.

CRISIS, DISEASE: A severe illness , usually lasting over three days accompanied
by constipation and other forms of poor elimination.

CRISIS, HEALING: A one to three day illness accompanied by a heavy elimination
that rids the body of toxins and improves the health; usually a re-experience
of an old suppressed illness or disease.


* D *

DEGENERATIVE: Tissue destruction as cell metabolism becomes overloaded with
wastes and unable to take in new nutrients; usually associated with an
insufficient amount of metabolism to that area and loss of function.

* E *

ENERVATION: Lack of nervous energy; to deprive of strength or vitality.

* H *

HEALING LINES: Small white cross fibers that appear in the iris as tissues
regain metabolic strength and integrity.


HYPER: Very increased; excessive.

HYPO: Under or decreased; deficient; lowest state of oxidation. 


* I *

INFLAMMATION: A tissue response to cell destruction involving a change in
fluid level and circulation with resulting change in metabolism and heat
production.

INHERENT WEAKNESS: A weakness in the body that is characteristic from an
ancestor.

INNERVATION: Supply of nervous energy to the organs vital to their proper tone
and function; served by a large and complex bundle of nerves.

INTEGRITY, TISSUE: The state of tissue being unimpaired; soundness; whole;
complete; tissue correction; the specific language of Iridology. Restoration
of tissue integrity is a major goal in Iridology.

IRIDOLOGY: The science and practice of revealing inflammation, where it is
located in the body and at what stage it is displaying. The iris reveals
constitution, inherent weaknesses, levels of health, and the transition that
occurs in the individual according to the way they live.

* M *

MIASMA: A polluted atmosphere. 

* N *

NEURO-OPTIC REFLEX STUDY: Iridology analysis.

NEURAL ARC REFLEX: A genetically determined reflex condition in the body where
conditions in the bowel and intestines affect organs in the body.


* O *

OVER ACTIVITY, TISSUE: Tissue that is active to an excessive or abnormal degree.


* R *

REVERSAL PROCESS: The biochemical process within the body tissues of removing
unnatural chemicals and suppressed wastes as the body re-establishes favorable
chemical balance.

* S *

SPASTIC: Characterized by spasms, stricture or tightening of muscles.

SUB ACUTE: Between acute and chronic; moderate amount of metabolic activity
slightly under normal. 

SUPPRESSION: Sudden stoppage of secretion, excretion or normal discharges from
the body; To put an end forcibly; restricting drastically in effectiveness.

* T *

TONUS: The normal state of slight contraction of the pupil which is affected by
innervation of the autonomic nervous system.

TOXIC SETTLEMENTS: The presence of toxic material or inorganic chemicals in a
specific tissue / area in the body.

* U *

UNDER ACTIVITY, TISSUE: Tissue with low level metabolic response.

* V *

VITAL ENERGY: The power within the body that comes from the usage of nutrients
through body metabolism in the cells and tissues.