Iridology at Willows
MARIA BRISCOE
Registered Homeopath & Iridologist at the Willows
Complementary Centre
The Willows Complementary Centre in Highams Park is owned and
run by Maria Briscoe LCPHMARA (IDR). The Centre offers a range of
treatments and therapies including homeopathy, iridology,
chiropody, remedial and sports injury massage, hypnotherapy,
Shiatsu, acupuncture, osteopathy, orthotics and cranial
osteopathy.
Maria herself is a registered homeopath and iridologist. She
trained at The College of Practical Homeopathy for 5 years followed
by a 2-year intensive postgraduate course in Iridology.
Maria explained, "Iridology is the examination and analysis of the
coloured portion of the eye - the iris. One of the advantages of
iridology is that it can reveal many aspects of an individual's
health.
My training as a homeopath has lead me to iridology as patients
have many underlying weaknesses that are detectable in the iris.
This can then determine the prescription and organ supports that
are needed for this patient.
Iridology affirms the uniqueness of each individual. Your irides
belong to you and the information they hold is yours. A
consultation with an iridologist will be a guide to the right
direction and understanding of how to help your body's
weaknesses.
Iridology is now well established as a complementary health
discipline in many countries. Iridology has also become associated
with assessing the toxic loading of the body tissues and
detoxification."
Apparently, visible in the iris are markings, structures, colours
and patterns that can indicate disease or disorders present in
other parts of the body. As the eye has thousands of nerve endings
that link throughout the body, it receives impulses from the organs
and bodily systems and can therefore highlight any problems.
Learning from symptoms
Maria went on to say how we can learn from symptoms. A symptom is
usually a pain or outbreak of some kind. It is a message from your
interior telling you that something needs to be corrected.
If you wipe it out as an undesirable problem using painkillers or
suppressive medication, you are effectively silencing your own
system and refusing to allow it to guide you. In this case you may
be sure that sooner or later you will have to face the same
symptoms or possibly worse. If, however, you listen to your
symptoms and are aware of their significance you can make the
necessary adjustments. This is where iridology is used as a
preventative strategy, when a weakness can be turned into a
strength by working with an Iridologist.
(Ophthalmologists examine the eye's interior and are aware of some
of the signs an iridologist finds, particularly those relating to
certain appearances in the cornea.)
Maria demonstrated how the diagnosis works. She used a bright
light to look in each of my eyes in turn and by comparing what she
could see with a very detailed chart on the wall she identified
some of my underlying weaknesses, which I could readily verify. I
found it interesting and from these findings Maria can then go on
to prescribe remedies.
Children's Clinic
Maria runs a children's clinic on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
She focuses on treating tonsillitis, ear infections, ongoing coughs
and colds, asthma and raising immunity. Maria also holds an eczema
skin clinic for children every Wednesday (till late).
She also stocks and sells Frogleaf Products. They are described in
the brochure; "Four superb skin products which all have Soil
Association's seal of approval. Frogleaf's products are skin
friendly and enriched with organic herbs and plant oils, giving
skin the greatest healing capacity and hydrating qualities.
Alleviates eczema." You can purchase these products from the online
shop www.frogleaf.co.uk.
A back pain clinic is available from Monday to Saturday at the
Willows Centre run by registered osteopaths, Paul Costin and Munish
Bhalla. Chiropodist Deborah Wright gives full foot treatments on
Tuesday and Thursday with discounts for Senior Citizens.
The multi-disciplinary Willows Complementary Centre offers a range
of treatments and therapies, details of which and also of
therapists offering these can be found on the website at
www.willowshealth.com
All practitioners at the Willows Complementary Centre are
thoroughly checked and UK registered with their governing bodies. A
'gallery' of therapists along with their CVs can be found on the
website listed in the above paragraph. This also includes a map,
price lists and details of the full range of therapies and clinics
held at the Centre.
Prices for children
£37 for the 1st appointment
(including homeopathic medication)
£35 for follow up appointments
IRIDOLOGY
For consults on iris diagnostics with Maria Briscoe, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday
£10 for a 15-minute assessment
-additional cost for prescriptions
WILLOWS Complementary Centre
3 The Broadway, Highams Park, E4 9LQ
Tel, Mon - Fri: 020 8523 2669
Helpline: 07796 146 991
www.willowshealth.com
Also available:
Hypnotherapy for smoking, 2 hour
sessions with Eve Swale
Japanese Shiatsu Massage with
Susi Heals every Wednesday
Sue Lavery
