Freckles in the Irides

This article is for informational purposes only and is not meant to diagnose or prescribe. It does not replace the care of a qualified health professional.

Iridology Eye Colors: What Flecks and Pigments Reveal About Health Predispositions

If every eye is perfect, what do those extra flecks and washes of color you see in your clients’ eyes teach you about their health predispositions?

The Role of Iris Pigments in Iridology Analysis

Of what use is this information?

Those ‘flecks and washes’ can appear in a wide variety of colors and shades of yellow, orange, brown, and red. We can also see black and white.

Typically, you will see a predominance of one pigment color. Rarely will you see the full range of pigment colors in one client’s eyes.

How Specific Iris Colors Indicate Organ Predispositions

Each specific color gives us information about functional predispositions of an organ, organ system, or biochemistry pathway.

Layer this up with the base constitution, and you get a pretty clear picture of what the predispositions are.

Yellow Pigment in the Iris: Kidney Health and Acid Imbalance

For example, yellow in an iris (not in the sclera) provides information about predispositions of the kidneys and their impact on the acid balance of the body.

If the irides you’re assessing are lymphatic (blue), you already know they are predisposed to elevated tissue acid. Adding yellow pigment (might make the iris look green if it’s a wash of color instead of a freckle) suggests your client may have a very strong predisposition to acid imbalance.

Iris Pigment Placement and Organ Risk Areas

The placement of the pigment helps us understand which organ(s) are at greater risk of being impacted by excessive acid.

If we see yellow pigment in the stomach reaction field, it suggests the kidneys may not always be able to remove enough acid from the blood, and the extra acid might be shunted to the stomach. Even though there are chemical differences between uric acid and digestive acid, according to Dr Jason Schnieder ND, acid being shunted to the stomach from the kidneys can create hyperacidity.

Health Symptoms Linked to Yellow Iris Pigments

Seeing yellow in an iris would beg questions about uric acid (gout, joint stiffness, arthritic tendencies, kidney stones, pain in the side or back, frequent urination, and nausea.) I’d also ask questions about stomach symptoms.

Epigenetic Insights from Changing Iris Pigments

Pigments give us even epigenetic information. Since they are not always present at birth, we can monitor them and use them as a gauge for the potential development of imbalances.

Using Iridology for Personalized Health Protocols

Knowing the organ source of each pigment and having a solid background in anatomy & physiology can enable you to do a deeper assessment that can guide highly individualized protocols.

And yes, every eye is perfect and every eye gives us insight that can help us help our clients achieve better health.