My mom
usually has physical discomfort; she has been under some blood analysis,
cholesterol and so on and so forth, taking some pills but the pain hasn’t
disappear and the analysis hasn’t prove
a thing, so she decided to give a try to something new: Iridology.
In the side
of pseudoscience, naturalistic or holistic medicine, iridology belongs. It’s a
system of diagnosis invented by Ignatz Peczely in 1893. The idea was that the
iris maps to the rest of the body, and different colors in the iris reflect the
state of health of those parts.
The main
problem with this pseudoscience is that Peczely never did a serious scientific
research to backup its idea, nevertheless that hasn’t been a motive for leaving
it behind, still is used as a matter to identify some disease. Despite that this
“method” can only identify susceptibility for disease; it can’t diagnose a
disease or other verifiable condition.
So, what
happened to my mom? The iridologist identified some problems and he prescribed
some natural pills and drops, my mom followed every step, but at a point she
got tired and dropped out the process. There’s a chance that she
might have felt better if she had followed all of those advices, or not.
My point
goes beyond my mom’s attitude, I’ve always criticized how operates traditional
medicine: they just give you pills for a headache for example, instead of looking
deeper what are the reasons of your pain, maybe you have to make some changes
in your lifestyle. Meanwhile in the naturalistic medicine, there’s an intention
to see how every little thing you do have an impact in your health.
Would you
give a try to Iridology? Why do you think it has not been prove by the
scientific community? Do you think they see it as a threat?
