Iridology Research: the iridology research archive

Our mission

Every student of iridology needs the research. Not everyone can reach it.

The Iridology Research Repository is a non-profit, open-source project that supports research and development in the iridological sciences, and the people doing that work.

Every student of iridology, every graduate student and every scientist needs iridological research data. Yet many printed publications exist only in small numbers or not in the reader's language. Some books and research abstracts are simply impossible to find, and many have never been translated.

Iridology Research gives the serious iridologist one of the most comprehensive iridology collections available: out-of-print and searchable books, journals, audio and video lectures, and image galleries, with a download directory of iridology charts, software and compendiums.

Inside the archive

A working library, not a reading list

Members get galleries they can study, cases they can download and literature they can search. These are screens from the members' area. Select any of them to see it full size.

IR · 01Case study galleriesPaired right and left eye photographs, grouped by body system. New cases are added each month.
IR · 02Zoom viewerOpen any case full size and compare the right and left eyes.
IR · 03Case historiesEach case carries its history and a download of its pupillary and collarette parameters.
IR · 04Chart galleryCharts from the American, European, Russian and Asian schools.
IR · 05Iris signs galleriesAnnotated photographs of individual signs, with zoom.
IR · 06Articles and journalsResearch papers, journal volumes and book reviews, from the Advanced Iridology Research Journal to Jensen's own essays.
IR · 07Download directoryIridology Analysis Professional, Virtual Bexel IRINA, the Russian iridodiagnostic software, Iris3D and the Iridology–Integrative Medicine Compendium.

Also in the archive

Rare and out-of-print books
Manuscript search
Translated iridology books
Video lectures
Audio lectures
Research abstracts
Integrative medicine book archive
Classical iridology assessment generators
Iris3D relief software

The pioneers

Built on the schools that shaped iridology

American, German, French and Russian iridology developed along different lines, and much of the work was never published in English. The archive keeps these schools side by side.

American schoolBernard Jensen1908–2001
Known as the father of iridology in America. Over sixty years he examined more than 350,000 patients, and his iris charts are among the most widely used in the world.
German schoolJosef Deck1914–1990
Spent more than forty years writing the fundamental works of German iridology.
German schoolJosef Angerer1907–1994
Trained thousands of medical practitioners in his methods and assembled a large body of work correlating eye signs with illnesses and metabolic disorders.
French schoolGilbert JausasFrance
Developed the concept of classical iridology, in which past and present pathological events are reflected in the iris. For Jausas, the iris mainly reflects inherited predispositions to certain diseases.
French schoolJacques René Bourdiol1928–2003
A proponent of embryonic iris projection, and one of the most important representatives of the French school of iridology.
Russian schoolEvgeni S. VelkhoverRussia
The founder of Russian iridology, which began in the early 1970s. His chart is one of the overlays in the Iridology Analysis Toolkit.

Iridology software

Three generations of computer-assisted iridology

The archive covers more than reading. It follows three generations of iridology software: today's Iridology Analysis Toolkit, the Virtual Bexel IRINA, and the Russian iridodiagnostic software that doctors in Russia used in the early 2000s. Members can download the Virtual Bexel IRINA and the Russian software, along with Iridology Analysis Professional, from the download directory.

Research and educational software · today

Iridology Analysis Toolkit NEW

The newest iridology software from iridology-software.com. Load both eyes, fit the measurement rings and the chart overlay to each photograph, then work through pupil, collarette and constitutional findings and save them to a report.

Eight chart overlays: Jensen, Velchover, Angerer, Bourdiol, Gunther, Jausas, Roberts and Vida Deck.
Pupil and collarette measurement: pupil-to-iris ratio, ellipseness, decentration and autonomic nerve wreath ratio for each eye.
Right and left eye comparison with bilateral metrics side by side.
34 constitutional types in six groups.
Image tools: enhancement, 3D iris relief, heatmap, Gabor and LBP texture views, annotation.
Reference modules for herbal, nutrition, traditional Chinese medicine and chiropractic.
Windows, Android, iOS and macOS, with the interface in 18 languages.

The Toolkit is sold separately at iridology-software.com. Academic membership includes a registration for Iridology Analysis Professional: one year with the annual plan, unlimited with the lifetime plan.

Visit iridology-software.com

Zone overlay with measurement rings and live metrics
OD and OS comparison
Eight chart overlays
3D iris relief
TCM reference module

Suttong Medical Systems · Windows

Virtual Bexel IRINA 2.0

The Bexel IRINA was marketed by its maker as the first computerized iridoscope system: a cabinet workstation with a built-in iris camera and automatic analysis. Virtual Bexel Irina 2.0 brings that analysis to an ordinary Windows computer, working from your own iris photographs.

Pupil analysis: iris and pupil diameter, pupil-to-iris ratio, pupil distance from the iris centre, ellipse degree and deviation of the pupillary border, each checked against its normal range.
Autonomic nerve wreath analysis: mean diameter, perimeter, form, size of the pupillary belt and wreath asymmetry.
Bexel IRINA iris chart for the right and left eye.
In the download directory, with installation support for members.

Part of iridology's history: the Bexel IRINA brochure reported clinical test results from Korea, and members can read the original literature in the archive.

Pupil analysis
Nerve wreath (ANW) analysis
The original brochure
Virtual Bexel Irina 2.0 installer

Russia · early 2000s

Russian Iridodiagnostics

Iridological analysis software used by doctors in Russia in the early 2000s. It shows how the Russian school worked in practice: paired right and left eye photographs, a chart laid over each, and structured checklists of signs, zone by zone.

Chart outlines over both eyes, selectable by author (Angerer shown), naming each zone under the pointer.
Boundary check to confirm the pupil and iris borders before analysis.
Morphologic signs: rosarium lymphaticum, nerve rings, arcus senilis, toxic settlements and more, with reference images.
Zone protocols listing the signs to look for in each zone, such as the brain zone of the ciliary belt.

Members can download it from the archive's download directory.

Chart outlines over both eyes
Border check
Morphologic signs
Zone protocols

Membership

Academic membership

Both plans open the whole archive and include a registration for Iridology Analysis Professional. Members can also contribute to the archive and earn academic credits.

One year

$95/ year

One year academic membership

Unlimited search of rare and translated iridology books
Research articles and manuscript search
Iris signs gallery and case study galleries
Video lectures
Iridology–Integrative Medicine Compendium
One year Iridology Analysis Professional registration
Virtual Bexel IRINA and Russian iridodiagnostic software downloads
Member rewards: academic credits

Join for one year

Best value

Lifetime

$495once

Lifetime academic membership

Unlimited search of rare and translated iridology books
Research articles and manuscript search
Iris signs gallery and case study galleries
Video lectures
Iridology–Integrative Medicine Compendium
Unlimited Iridology Analysis Professional registration
Virtual Bexel IRINA and Russian iridodiagnostic software downloads
Member rewards: academic credits

Join for life

Already a member? Log in. Studying with Iridology International? Lifetime membership is included in your tuition.

Academic credits

Contribute, and your membership pays for itself

Members help build the archive by adding books, papers, case studies, iris sign galleries and translations. Every accepted contribution earns academic credits.

50next year free, plus a 1‑year Analysis Pro registration 150unlimited Analysis Pro registration

Collect at least 50 credits during your membership year and the next year's fee is waived. Reach 150 credits for an unlimited Iridology Analysis Professional registration key.

How credits are awarded
Images and cases
Iris sign image, uploaded with a description	2 each
Case study with history and both eye images+2 more with your iridological assessment or review	2 each
Research and writing
Iridology abstract not already in the archive	2
Translated iridology abstract	5
Translated, digitized iridology book	10
Book review of at least 250 words	5
Current or past iridology article+2 more with your own review	2
Data added to the Iridology Compendium	2
Research topic page of at least 1,000 words	10
Thesis-style research topic, 5,000+ wordsTopic approved by administration first	30
Thesis-style research topic, 10,000+ wordsTopic approved by administration first	50
Community
Approved, useful comment on an article, case or image	1
Referring a colleague who registers	10
Signing up for a second year	10

About

Four decades of iridology research, opened to members

Iridology Research is a developmental project started by Professor Bryan K. Marcia, Ph.D., who has worked in iridological research and development since the early 1980s.

Dr. Marcia earned his Ph.D. in iridology in 1994 at the University of Health Sciences in Honolulu, where Dr. Bernard Jensen was faculty director. The archive brings together his research with material that members donate: work they have written, translated or collected that belongs to the science and practice of iridology.

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