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 Revised/Current Terminology
 Absorption Ring: Now called Wide, gray, inner pupillary border
 Observe: It is normal to have a pupillary margin (also called pupillary border or pupillary ruff).
Everyone should have one. For this sign, the area around the pupillary margin will look gray.
 Indicates: Tendency for a deficiency in digestion and absorption of nutrients. The wider and
darker the area, the more tendency for deficiency.
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 Acute Inflammation: Now called: One raised white fiber is called a Reflexive Sign.When
raised white fibers are clumped together the sign is called a Cord.
 Observe: Raised white fibers can be in a specific organ area.
 Indicates: Tendency for reactivity such as discharge, fever, pain, sensitivity, or inflammation in
that organ. Nutrients may be used at a faster rate.
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 Anemia in Extremities: Now called early stages of cholesterol ring, also called corneal arcus
or corneal opacity
 Observe: At the periphery of the iris a translucent, hazy covering.
 Indicates: Tendency for impeded blood circulation to the head, arms, hands, legs, and feet.
Extremities are often cold with this sign. When found in the head area, the person may complain
of having poor memory.
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 Arcus Senilis: Now called: Arcus Lipoidus or Frontal Opacity
 Observe: At the top of the iris, a translucent arc giving the iris an almond shape.
 Indicates: Ischemia or tendency for deficient blood circulation to the head area.
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 Autonomic Nerve Wreath: Now called: Collarette or small arterial circle.
 Observe: A landmark ring about one third of the way out from the pupil. It can also be closer to
or farther from the pupil.
 Indicates: Autonomic nervous system response and intestinal integrity.
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 Ballooned Bowel: Now called Atonic Collarette
 Observe: Collarette is wider in various areas.
 Indicates: Tendency for bowel distension, lack of tone, and slow transit time. Person may have
bloating and gas.
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 Bowel Pockets: Now called Collarette Crypts
 Observe: Crypts along the inside of the Collarette.
 Indicates: Familial history of bowel disorders. Genetic tendency for diverticula.
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 Bowel Spasticity: Now called Atonic Collarette
 Observe: Distorted, spastic shape of Collarette.
 Indicates: Tendency for bowel distension, lack of tone, and slow transit time. Person may have
bloating and gas.
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 Bowel Stricture: Now called Star shaped or Jagged Collarette
 Observe: The Collarette will appear jagged or star shaped.
 Indicates: Tendency for bowel strictures causing alternating constipation and diarrhea.
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 Catarrhal Eye: Now called Lymphatic Rosary with creamy yellow coloration
 Observe: Collagen bundles called tophi will look like a chain of pearls in the iris periphery. They may
also be located around the Collarette. They will be yellow or dark yellow in color.
 Indicates: When the Lymphatic Rosary is yellow in a blue iris, it shows more long term chronicity in
the lymph system. Symptoms may be severe sinus or lung congestion with lots of mucus. Joints may
ache.
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 Cholesterol or Sodium Ring: Now called Cholesterol Ring, Corneal Opacity, Lipemic
Diathesis
 Observe: A white translucent to opaque deposit in the cornea varying in depth and intensity.
May be in zones 5, 6, and 7.
 Indicates: Tendency for high cholesterol, hardening of the arteries, and sometimes high blood
pressure. Liver may not be processing fats sufficiently. This sign is much more serious at age 40
than age 65.
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 Chronic Lesion: Now called Closed Lacuna
 Observe: A dark gray lacuna enclosed all the way around.
 Indicates: Genetic deficiency. Area where it may be more difficult to utilize nutrients and
release toxicity. The darker the color, the less the ability for the organ to respond or react.
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 Closed Lesion: Now called: Closed Lacuna
 Observe: A lacuna enclosed all the way around (can be shades of light to dark).
 Indicates: Genetic deficiency. Area where it may be more difficult to utilize nutrients and
release toxicity.
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 Cramp Rings or Nerve Rings: Now called Contraction Furrows
 Observe: Grooves forming circular arcs or rings in the iris.
 Indicates: Genetic tendency for tension and neuro-muscular stress. Symptoms can be muscle
cramps, anxiety, TMJ syndrome, grinding teeth, headaches. May have deficiency in minerals and
B vitamins. Note where rings are located.
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 Degenerative Lesion: Now called Closed Lacuna
 Observe: A lacuna enclosed all the way around that is deep and black.
 Indicates: Genetic deficiency. Black equals the inability for the organ to react or release
toxicity. Nutrients are not utilized well.
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 Genetically Mixed Iris Color: Now called Mixed or Biliary
 Observe: Presence of both blue and brown coloration in the iris. Not a result of toxicity. Note
the velvet-like appearance of brown area due to melanin pigmentation. Iris fibers are clearly
visible in unpigmented areas.
 Indicates: Tendency for liver and bowel disorders.
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 Genetically Mixed Iris Color: Now called Hypertrophic Heterochromia where there is
pigment (brown half) and Hypotrophic Heterochromia where there is no pigment (blue half)
 Observe: Presence of brown pigmentation in one half of iris and blue fibers (lack of
pigmentation) in other half.
 Indicates: This person can have the genetic tendencies of a Biliary type (mixed iris color) with
problems with the liver and bowel as well as lymphatic (blue iris) tendencies of sinus congestion,
lung congestion, or aching joints.
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 Healing Signs (Blue Iris): Now called: Connective Tissue in the iris.
 Observe: White fibers within a lacuna making a criss-cross appearance.
 Indicates: Normal fibrous tissue found in the irises of all people; well, sick, old, young.
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 Healing Signs (Brown Iris): Now called: Connective Tissue in the iris.
 Observe: Fibers within a lacuna making a criss-cross appearance.
 Indicates: Normal fibrous tissue found in the eyes of all people; sick, well, old, young
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 Lymphatic Rosary: Now called Lymphatic Rosary, flocculations of tophi, or Hydrogenoid Subtype
 Observe: Just around the periphery of the iris, small, white beads, clouds or pearls, resembling a rosary.
 Indicates: Tendency for congestion of the lymph fluids, swelling and enlargement of the lymph tissues.
Person may have sinus infections, allergies, lung congestion, swollen tonsils or lymph nodes, aching
joints.
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 Miasmic or Murky Eye: Now called Lymphatic Eye with Yellowed Lymphatic Rosary and
Brown Central Heterochromia
 Observe: A blue lymphatic iris with yellowed lymphatic rosary and brown pigmentation around
the Collarette and possibly in other areas.
 Indicates: Tendency for more chronic deficiency in lymph system, possible bowel and liver
congestion.
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 Neuro-Genetic Arc Reflex Syndrome: Now called Neuro-Arc Reflex
 Observe: Lacuna inside the Collarette just adjacent to a lacuna outside the Collarette.
 Indicates: A reflex connection between that region of the bowel represented by the lacuna
inside the Collarette and the organ represented by the lacuna just outside the Collarette.
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 Open Lesion: Now Called Open Lacuna
 Observe: A separation (rarification) of iris fibers resembling a flower petal that is open at one or
both ends.
 Indicates: When the lacuna is very white, there will be a tendency for more acute reactivity
such as inflammation or drainage. The darker the lacuna, the less the ability of the organ to react.
Still the open lacuna represents more activity than the closed - greater ability to release toxins.
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 Overacid Body Chemistry: Now called Overacid Subtype
 Observe: A predominant whiteness throughout the iris.
 Indicates: Tendency for acidity throughout the body. May have aching joints, arthritic
tendencies, allergies, kidney imbalances.
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 Overacid Stomach: Now called, Overactivity in Stomach Zone
 Observe: Intense whiteness in the stomach zone around the pupil looking like a doughnut.
 Indicates: Tendency for the stomach to produce excess acids. Person may have burning,
burping, or gas
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 Poor Nerve Supply: Now called Intermittant Collarette
 Observe: Collarette will be broken in places.
 Indicates: Compromised nerve energy to the organ area just adjacent to the breaks. Insufficient
intestinal activity, poor peristalsis.
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 Prolapsus: Now called Atonic Collarette
 Observe: Collarette droops down toward the pupil between 11:00 and 1:00.
 Indicates: Tendency for connective weakness in intestinal tract, constipation, bloating,
flatulence, and perhaps a Prolapsus of the transverse colon. Person may also have headaches,
"foggy thinking," or depression.
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 Psora or Hyperpigmentation: Now called Pigment(s)
 Observe: Brown, yellow, orange, fluorescent orange, or rust colorations that appear in the iris of
the eye.
 Indicates: Brown - Tendency for liver deficiency, Yellow - Tendency for urinary tract
insufficiency, Orange - Tendency for pancreas disorders, Fluorescent Orange - Tendency for
Gallbladder deficiency, Rust - Tendency for liver or pancreas dysfunction.
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 Radii Solaris: Now called Radial Furrows
 Observe: Rays or spokes radiating from the pupil or Collarette.
 Indicates: Tendency for nerve depletion. With insufficient nerve energy, these areas will have
difficulty releasing toxicity. Toxic areas are where parasites may dwell. Radial Furrows in the
Head area may indicate headaches or fatigue.
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 Scurf Rim: Now called Scurf Rim
 Observe: Dark border around the outer periphery of the iris adjacent to the sclera.
 Indicates: Tendency for improper elimination from the skin. Person may have eczema, acne,
psoriasis, dry skin, oily skin, or other skin afflictions.
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 Sinus Congestion: Now called Radial Furrows in the Head Area
 Observe: Long, dark spokes radiating from the pupil or Collarette into the head area of the iris.
 Indicates: This sign suggests lack of nerve energy that could cause sinus congestion, headaches,
poor memory, depression, fatigue.
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 Subacute Lacuna: Now called Light Gray Lacuna
 Observe: Open or closed lacuna that is light gray in color.
 Indicates: Tendency for slowed metabolic activity in the area of the body represented by the
lacuna.
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 Strong Constitution: Now called Neurogenic Subtype
 Observe: Tight evenly spaced fibers throughout the iris.
 Indicates: Genetically strong constitution with the ability to resist disease and the resilience to
recover quickly if illness does occur. These people are usually intense, with sensitive nervous
systems, hard workers, and need to take time to rest.
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 True Blue Iris: Now called Lymphatic Type
 Observe: A blue iris, sometimes tinted with pigmentation. May or may not have lacunae.
 Indicates: Genetic predisposition for lymphatic deficiency. May have swollen lymph nodes,
sinus discharge, mucus, lung congestion, aching joints. Pay attention to where lacunae or
pigments are located. Note coloring of pigmentation.
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 True Brown Iris: Now called Hematogenic Type
 Observe: Presence of brown melanin pigment cells layered over iris fibers, giving a velvet-like
appearance.
 Indicates: Genetic predisposition for blood anomalies or disorders. May suffer from glandular
disturbances as well. Pay attention to where fiber separations or lacunae are located.
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 Underacid Stomach Ring: Now called Underactive Stomach
 Observe: A gray circular ring around the pupil that encompasses all of zone 1 and looks like a
doughnut. In brown irises, the ring will appear darker than the rest of the iris.
 Indicates: A tendency for imbalance in stomach chemistry. Person may have insufficient
enzymes or not enough hydrochloric acid for proper digestion.
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 Venous Congestion: Now called Venous Congestion.
 Observe: A blue "glow" outside the periphery of the iris edge.
 Indicates: Tendency for a deficiency in oxygen in the blood and body. Person may feel cold in
extremities.
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 Weak Constitution: Now called Connective Tissue Subtype
 Observe: Fiber separations throughout iris with lots of open and closed lacunae.
 Indicates: Genetic predisposition for connective tissue deficiency. Person may have
hemorrhoids, hernias, varicose veins, prolapsed organs.