Eye Reading Diagnosis
Eye reading diagnosis is a unique diagnostic system that is based on traditional Chinese medicine. Eye reading Diagnosis is not ‘Iridology’, a theory that originated as early as 18th century Europe. As its name suggests, ‘Iridology’ is the study of the iris, and the iris only.
Eye reading diagnosis includes examination of everything related to eye: the pupil, iris, sclera, the eye-lid, veins, and eye pigmentation. This broader focus enables a more accurate and comprehensive diagnosis, which greatly enhances traditional Chinese medicine. Simply put, it’s a practice that studies and diagnoses through the whole eye to develop a TCM diagnosis from which the TCM practitioner develops a successful treatment plan.
The founder of Chinese eye reading is Deliang Zheng, who laid out the groundwork for this process in 1967 by designing and drawing the first eye chart during his apprenticeship in rural southern China. It was the combination of inspiration, hard work, and the blessing of vision that allowed Mr. Zheng to conjure this great idea that has evolved over decades into the practice of revolutionary theory used today.
Modern technology has greatly contributed to the perfection of Mr. Zheng’s eye reading diagnosis. Before the commercial availability of the digital camera, Mr. Zheng could only rely on naked-eye observation to perform his eye reading diagnosis. Now with digital images, Mr. Zheng can not only illustrate eye reading diagnosis with his patients, but also further research symptoms in greater detail. The result is an in-depth analysis of signs and symptoms that he may not have been unable to find in a naked-eye oberservation.
Much of Mr. Zheng’s extensive research has been recorded in three books: Eye Diagnosis and Chinese Herbs, Eye diagnosis on Women’s diseases and Advanced Chinese eye reading. In addition, much of Mr. Zheng’s knowledge base can be found in a graphical poster, which includes standard eye charts and sample eye pictures depicting typical conditions in the human body.
Books and publications:
Eye Reading Diagnosis and Chinese Herbs
Eye Reading Diagnosis started from an inspiration by Mr Zheng senior when he was still an apprentice of an indian ophthalmologiest(eye doctor) practicing in southern China. Tradtional Chinese Medicine typically would treat all kinds of eye diseases through internal organs, for example, liver is considered contributing the most the eye. Whenever there's a blood shot eye or dry itchy eye, TCM would address liver rather than eye itself(like prescribing eye drop or oinment). When there's blurry eye, TCM would address liver and kidney together because liver contributes to blood, kidney contributes to essence. During his practice, inspiration drove Mr Zheng senior to think other way around, he wants to trace the eye symptoms back to internal organ such as heart, liver, kidney and see if these eye symptoms have any diagnostic significance at all. Turns out they all do! Hence Mr Zheng drew the first Eye Reading Diagnosis chart in 1967.
Over time, this inspirational idea developed into a full-fledged diagnostic system, and with the help digital photography, it becomes more comprehensive and accessible to general public. In 2002, Mr Zheng senior put his 40+ years experience into a book titled: Eye Reading Diagnosis and Chinese Herbs, the first of its kind ever in the whole world. In this revolutionary book, Mr. Zheng laid out the ground work of eye reading diagnosis, and present his intensive study on every eye-organ relationship through a great many clinical cases with close-up eye pictures, patient's signs and symptoms, and herbal treatment. Reader of this book would be shock to find out so many information are hidden in a seemingly ordinary eye, you may find eye signs of diabete, high blood pressure, cholesterol and trigyceride, breast cancer, uterine fibroid and tumors, prostitis, and so on, all by reading your eyes!
Eye Reading Diagnosis in a nutshell
This 20 pages work book covers the quintessential of eye reading diagnosis from Heart, Lung, Spleen, Liver, Kidney, Large intestine, Small intestine, Stomach, Reproductive system, and even central nervous system. It provides brief introduction of how this revolutionary diagnostics develop and where it stems from, then followed by graphical illustration of each system involved. Everyone who finish reading this condensed work book will have a general idea how to perform simple eye reading diagnosis on themselves and their patients--should you be health care practitioner. Prior experience shows it takes 6~8 hours of classroom teaching to cover this information-enriched work book.