Thursday 10 March 2011

An Introduction to Equine Iridology

(Sarah Asquith-Vallance - Equine Iridologist)

Iridology (the study of the iris of the eye) has been around for quite some time. The first people to study the iris were the ancient Egyptian healers who painted iris markings on ceramic eye models to record their findings and it has also evidenced in references in Hippocratic writings that the classical Greeks.

However, the technique and a map of the eye (as we know it today) was updated by the Hungarian physician Dr. Ignatz von Peczely (1822 – 1911). As a boy he found an owl with a broken leg, at the time he noticed that there was a dark mark in the owl’s eye. As the leg healed the mark in the eye became smaller and lighter and when the owl recovered all that was left of the mark in the iris as a white mark with a few dots surrounding it.


Using Iridology to supporting the health and wellbeing of the horse is a relatively new investigative technique enabling the practitioner to discover what is happening in the horse's body in a painless, non-invasive way. Changes to the iris are noticeable before problems can be physically detected in the body, by conventional means. It enables you to identify and treat the problem before it becomes a full blown illness, dis-ease or lameness.


So how is this done?
The eye is the only externally visible part of the central nervous system. In embryo the eye is part of the brain, and as the embryo grows and develops, it separates, but still remains connected.
It is actually the changes in the horses body’s biochemistry that leads to changes being observed in the iris and the markings and colouration of the iris change as the condition of the body tissue changes.

What can the horses eye tell you?
The iris shows where and which organs are under stress long before they become visually diseased, it can also tell you where there is an inherited weakness, where there are muscle spasms, if and why the horse has temperament issues, or whether these are due to other influences.
Constitutional weakness can be detected in the foal from 6 weeks old.

I use the system of homeopathic medicine to support horses and educate their humans and trainers working alongside vets. Homeopathy is used to direct the body towards natural self healing. Sarah first trained in human iridology with John Andrews in Yorkshire, UK, then went on to study equine iridology with Mercedes Colburn in the USA. She is currently undertaking advanced equine iridology studies with Ellen Collinson whom is based in France.If you would like more information or a consultation please email Sarah on asquithvallance@yahoo.co.uk

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