GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINEMYTHOLOGYGREEK MEDICINEHYGIENEINTRODUCTIONDIAGNOSISAPOLLO Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: EMOTIONS AND ORGANSMYTHOLOGYDIET: FOOD AND DRINKGREEK ORAL HYGIENETHE GRECO-ROMAN BATHWHO'S WHO These traditional notions of Greek Medicine are as follows: Heart: The heart, being the principal organ of the Vital Faculty, is very sensitive to emotional states. Noble, expansive, uplifting emotions like courage, valor, honesty, forthrightness, altruism and compassion strengthen the heart and Vital Spirits, whereas ignoble, constrictive GREEK MEDICINE: MEDICINE IN THE MODERN ERA Medicine and Modern Technology. After reaching a peak during the Renaissance, classical Greek ideas in medical theory and practice started to die out. It wasn't a sudden death, but more like a long, slow decline. But the change was radical and far-reaching until, by the mid-20th century, virtually nothing was left of the vast edifice

that had

GREEK MEDICINE: THE HOUSES OF HEALTHSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: FASTING AND PURIFICATIONSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: DIFFERENTIATION OF PAIN 2) Rough Pain - A humor of a rough, caustic, sour quality. 3) Stabbing Pain - A humor entering and separating membranes in a transverse direction. 4) Stretching Pain - A gas or humor stretching nerves and/or muscles. 5) Compressing Pain - Some matter or humor surrounding, confining and GREEK MEDICINE: MASSAGE AND BODYWORK MASSAGE AND BODYWORK The Art of Rubbing. The art of massage holds an important place as a therapeutic modality in Greek Medicine. The classical Greek term for it is anatripsis, which simply means "friction" or "rubbing".This art of rubbing can include auxiliary medicinal agents, like liniments and medicated massage oils, or it can be just simple dry massage. GREEK MEDICINE: THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF THE … The Phlegmatic Temperament is dominated by the Phlegmatic Humor, which is an umbrella term for all the watery, clear fluids of the body – not just phlegm and mucus, but also plasma, lymph, interstitial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and synovial fluid. The Phlegmatic Humor is GREEK MEDICINE: PATHOLOGIES OF YELLOW BILE The cause of these Phlegmatic corruptions of yellow bile is most often dietary - the excess consumption of rich, moist, unctuous foods, which generate excess phlegm; and fatty greasy foods, which aggravate bile. Either the excess phlegm and bile are generated together, or THE MYSTERIOUS SPIKENARD OIL AND AROMATHERAPY IN … The Spikenard that was the base for this fragrant or aromatic ointment is known to be Indian Spikenard, also called Indian Valerian, which goes by the name of Jatamansi in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. The botanical name for this herb is Nardostachys jatamansi . In Chinese herbal medicine, it goes by the name of Gan Song, which literally

means

GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINEMYTHOLOGYGREEK MEDICINEHYGIENEINTRODUCTIONDIAGNOSISAPOLLO Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: EMOTIONS AND ORGANSMYTHOLOGYDIET: FOOD AND DRINKGREEK ORAL HYGIENETHE GRECO-ROMAN BATHWHO'S WHO These traditional notions of Greek Medicine are as follows: Heart: The heart, being the principal organ of the Vital Faculty, is very sensitive to emotional states. Noble, expansive, uplifting emotions like courage, valor, honesty, forthrightness, altruism and compassion strengthen the heart and Vital Spirits, whereas ignoble, constrictive GREEK MEDICINE: MEDICINE IN THE MODERN ERA Medicine and Modern Technology. After reaching a peak during the Renaissance, classical Greek ideas in medical theory and practice started to die out. It wasn't a sudden death, but more like a long, slow decline. But the change was radical and far-reaching until, by the mid-20th century, virtually nothing was left of the vast edifice

that had

GREEK MEDICINE: THE HOUSES OF HEALTHSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: FASTING AND PURIFICATIONSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: DIFFERENTIATION OF PAIN 2) Rough Pain - A humor of a rough, caustic, sour quality. 3) Stabbing Pain - A humor entering and separating membranes in a transverse direction. 4) Stretching Pain - A gas or humor stretching nerves and/or muscles. 5) Compressing Pain - Some matter or humor surrounding, confining and GREEK MEDICINE: MASSAGE AND BODYWORK MASSAGE AND BODYWORK The Art of Rubbing. The art of massage holds an important place as a therapeutic modality in Greek Medicine. The classical Greek term for it is anatripsis, which simply means "friction" or "rubbing".This art of rubbing can include auxiliary medicinal agents, like liniments and medicated massage oils, or it can be just simple dry massage. GREEK MEDICINE: THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF THE … The Phlegmatic Temperament is dominated by the Phlegmatic Humor, which is an umbrella term for all the watery, clear fluids of the body – not just phlegm and mucus, but also plasma, lymph, interstitial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and synovial fluid. The Phlegmatic Humor is GREEK MEDICINE: PATHOLOGIES OF YELLOW BILE The cause of these Phlegmatic corruptions of yellow bile is most often dietary - the excess consumption of rich, moist, unctuous foods, which generate excess phlegm; and fatty greasy foods, which aggravate bile. Either the excess phlegm and bile are generated together, or THE MYSTERIOUS SPIKENARD OIL AND AROMATHERAPY IN … The Spikenard that was the base for this fragrant or aromatic ointment is known to be Indian Spikenard, also called Indian Valerian, which goes by the name of Jatamansi in Indian Ayurvedic medicine. The botanical name for this herb is Nardostachys jatamansi . In Chinese herbal medicine, it goes by the name of Gan Song, which literally

means

GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINE Greek Medicine is based on certain universal principles of natural healing which serve as its philosophical foundation. A clear understanding of these principles is necessary to properly appreciate and apply the finer points and doctrines of Greek Medicine in holistic

healing.

GREEK MEDICINE: HERBAL MEDICINE And so, herbal medicine is a universal practice among all the world's traditional medical systems, which developed systems or models of herbal healing based on the holistic healing principles and concepts inherent to that system. Greek Medicine is no exception to this rule, and bases its own system of herbal medicine upon its core concepts:

the

GREEK MEDICINE: THE HOUSES OF HEALTH Houses Two, Six and Ten (the Midheaven) - (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) are the Earth houses, called the Trinity of Nutrition in Medical Astrology. In Greek Medicine, they pertain to the Natural Faculty, and are important in the overall nutrition of the organism. The Second House pertains to your basic attitudes and instincts for self

nurturing

GREEK MEDICINE: GREEK MEDICINE AND HOLISTIC HEALING GREEK MEDICINE AND HOLISTIC HEALING Looking for a Natural Alternative to Modern Medicine. Seeing the overly analytical, reductionistic direction that modern medicine was taking, and the harmful, toxic, or invasive nature of many of its treatments, a number of far-sighted, holistically minded individuals arose in rebellion to found their own schools of holistic medicine. GREEK MEDICINE: GREEK CHAKRAS The clearest Greek ideas on the chakras come from Plato, who writes about them in his dialogue Timaeus.Basically, Plato considered the chakras to be subtle organs that the soul, or psyche uses to relate to the gross physical body. According to Plato's philosophy, the soul has three basic parts, or GREEK MEDICINE: THE WATER CURE In Greek Medicine, there evolved a healing tradition called the Water Cure. The Water Cure is the common term for a collection of therapies which, in one way or another, make skillful and ingeneous use of the healing virtues of Water: Hydrotherapy, balneotherapy and the Water Cure are not dead relics of abtiquity; rather, they have lived on GREEK MEDICINE: HIPPOCRATES Hippocrates was a great believer in dietary measures in the treatment of disease. He prescribed a very slender, light diet during the crisis stage of an acute illness, and a liquid diet during the treatment of fevers and wounds. Hippocratic medicine was constitutionally based, so its approach to diagnosis and treatment was quite flexible. GREEK MEDICINE: AVICENA Avicenna was born in 980 A.D. near Bokhara, an ancient center of culture and learning in Persia. As a child, Avicenna showed a prodigious intellect. By age ten, he had committed the entire Koran to memory. While still in his teens, Avicenna had learned all there was to learn from the scholars of Bokhara, and had mastered the art of

medicine.

GREEK MEDICINE: SCHOOLS OR SECTS OF GRECO-ROMAN MEDICAL The above schools or sects of medical thought diverged, developed and flourished during the centuries intervening between Hippocrates and Galen, but seemed to wither away or die out shortly after Galen's death. This could very well be due to the transformative influence of Galen on classical medical thought, since, in him, classical

Greco-Roman

GREEK MEDICINE: THE GRECO-ROMAN BATH First, you are given a towel, some soap, a key, and a cloth skirt, or wrap. You enter a private cubicle and undress, wrapping yourself in the wrap. Then, you enter the main room of the bath. You are doused with water, then rubbed with mitts of coarse muslin cloth to rub off the residual dead skin. GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINEMYTHOLOGYGREEK MEDICINEHYGIENEINTRODUCTIONDIAGNOSISAPOLLO Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: EMOTIONS AND ORGANSMYTHOLOGYDIET: FOOD AND DRINKGREEK ORAL HYGIENETHE GRECO-ROMAN BATHWHO'S WHO These traditional notions of Greek Medicine are as follows: Heart: The heart, being the principal organ of the Vital Faculty, is very sensitive to emotional states. Noble, expansive, uplifting emotions like courage, valor, honesty, forthrightness, altruism and compassion strengthen the heart and Vital Spirits, whereas ignoble, constrictive GREEK MEDICINE: FASTING AND PURIFICATIONSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: THE SIX HYGIENIC FACTORSSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: THE FOUR HUMORS The Four Humors and the elements they serve are as follows: Blood, or the Sanguine humor, is the red, hemoglobin-rich portion. Phlegm, or the Phlegmatic humor, is present as the clear plasma portion. Yellow Bile, or the Choleric humor, is present as a slight residue or bilirubin, imparting a slight yellowish tint. GREEK MEDICINE: PNEUMA AND IGNISSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: HIPPOCRATES Hippocrates was a great believer in dietary measures in the treatment of disease. He prescribed a very slender, light diet during the crisis stage of an acute illness, and a liquid diet during the treatment of fevers and wounds. Hippocratic medicine was constitutionally based, so its approach to diagnosis and treatment was quite flexible. GREEK MEDICINE: AVICENA Avicenna was born in 980 A.D. near Bokhara, an ancient center of culture and learning in Persia. As a child, Avicenna showed a prodigious intellect. By age ten, he had committed the entire Koran to memory. While still in his teens, Avicenna had learned all there was to learn from the scholars of Bokhara, and had mastered the art of

medicine.

GREEK MEDICINE: PATHOLOGIES OF YELLOW BILE The cause of these Phlegmatic corruptions of yellow bile is most often dietary - the excess consumption of rich, moist, unctuous foods, which generate excess phlegm; and fatty greasy foods, which aggravate bile. Either the excess phlegm and bile are generated together, or GREEK MYTHOLOGY: ASCLEPIUS The ancient Greeks had Asclepius, the god of medicine. In Homer's Iliad, Asclepius was a man, a physician to soldiers wounded on the battlefield at Troy. But by Hippocrates' day, he had become elevated to the status of a god. Actually, Asclepius was a demigod, born GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINEMYTHOLOGYGREEK MEDICINEHYGIENEINTRODUCTIONDIAGNOSISAPOLLO Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: EMOTIONS AND ORGANSMYTHOLOGYDIET: FOOD AND DRINKGREEK ORAL HYGIENETHE GRECO-ROMAN BATHWHO'S WHO These traditional notions of Greek Medicine are as follows: Heart: The heart, being the principal organ of the Vital Faculty, is very sensitive to emotional states. Noble, expansive, uplifting emotions like courage, valor, honesty, forthrightness, altruism and compassion strengthen the heart and Vital Spirits, whereas ignoble, constrictive GREEK MEDICINE: FASTING AND PURIFICATIONSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: THE SIX HYGIENIC FACTORSSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: THE FOUR HUMORS The Four Humors and the elements they serve are as follows: Blood, or the Sanguine humor, is the red, hemoglobin-rich portion. Phlegm, or the Phlegmatic humor, is present as the clear plasma portion. Yellow Bile, or the Choleric humor, is present as a slight residue or bilirubin, imparting a slight yellowish tint. GREEK MEDICINE: PNEUMA AND IGNISSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: HIPPOCRATES Hippocrates was a great believer in dietary measures in the treatment of disease. He prescribed a very slender, light diet during the crisis stage of an acute illness, and a liquid diet during the treatment of fevers and wounds. Hippocratic medicine was constitutionally based, so its approach to diagnosis and treatment was quite flexible. GREEK MEDICINE: AVICENA Avicenna was born in 980 A.D. near Bokhara, an ancient center of culture and learning in Persia. As a child, Avicenna showed a prodigious intellect. By age ten, he had committed the entire Koran to memory. While still in his teens, Avicenna had learned all there was to learn from the scholars of Bokhara, and had mastered the art of

medicine.

GREEK MEDICINE: PATHOLOGIES OF YELLOW BILE The cause of these Phlegmatic corruptions of yellow bile is most often dietary - the excess consumption of rich, moist, unctuous foods, which generate excess phlegm; and fatty greasy foods, which aggravate bile. Either the excess phlegm and bile are generated together, or GREEK MYTHOLOGY: ASCLEPIUS The ancient Greeks had Asclepius, the god of medicine. In Homer's Iliad, Asclepius was a man, a physician to soldiers wounded on the battlefield at Troy. But by Hippocrates' day, he had become elevated to the status of a god. Actually, Asclepius was a demigod, born GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINE Greek Medicine is the traditional, indigenous holistic healing system of Western civilization. It was first codified and systematized by the Greek philosopher - physician Hippocrates in the 4th century B.C.E. and subsequently developed and expanded by other physicians, GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINE Greek Medicine is based on certain universal principles of natural healing which serve as its philosophical foundation. A clear understanding of these principles is necessary to properly appreciate and apply the finer points and doctrines of Greek Medicine in holistic

healing.

GREEK MEDICINE: MEDICINE IN THE MODERN ERA Medicine and Modern Technology. After reaching a peak during the Renaissance, classical Greek ideas in medical theory and practice started to die out. It wasn't a sudden death, but more like a long, slow decline. But the change was radical and far-reaching until, by the mid-20th century, virtually nothing was left of the vast edifice

that had

GREEK MEDICINE: THE HOUSES OF HEALTH Houses Two, Six and Ten (the Midheaven) - (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) are the Earth houses, called the Trinity of Nutrition in Medical Astrology. In Greek Medicine, they pertain to the Natural Faculty, and are important in the overall nutrition of the organism. The Second House pertains to your basic attitudes and instincts for self

nurturing

GREEK MEDICINE: THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS The Four Temperaments are the basic constitutional bodymind types of Greek Medicine. Each one is named after a certain humor, and is characterized by the predominance of that humor and its associated basic qualities. The Four Temperaments are the basic of all constitutional notions of diagnosis and treatment in Greek Medicine. GREEK MEDICINE: AVICENA Avicenna was born in 980 A.D. near Bokhara, an ancient center of culture and learning in Persia. As a child, Avicenna showed a prodigious intellect. By age ten, he had committed the entire Koran to memory. While still in his teens, Avicenna had learned all there was to learn from the scholars of Bokhara, and had mastered the art of

medicine.

GREEK MEDICINE: SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS The Nature of Sleep and Wakefulness. The ancient Greeks were great believers in the restorative power of sleep and rest. Hypnos, their god of sleep and dreams, was seen as the remover of all pain, suffering and sorrow. Sleep is necessary to allow the anabolic processes the opportunity to restore and regenerate the organism and

its vitality.

GREEK MEDICINE: THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF THE PHLEGMATIC The Phlegmatic Temperament is dominated by the Phlegmatic Humor, which is an umbrella term for all the watery, clear fluids of the body – not just phlegm and mucus, but also plasma, lymph, interstitial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid and synovial fluid. The Phlegmatic Humor is GREEK MEDICINE: THE GRECO-ROMAN BATH First, you are given a towel, some soap, a key, and a cloth skirt, or wrap. You enter a private cubicle and undress, wrapping yourself in the wrap. Then, you enter the main room of the bath. You are doused with water, then rubbed with mitts of coarse muslin cloth to rub off the residual dead skin. GREEK MEDICINE: PATHOLOGIES OF BLACK BILE Since black bile is the most effete of all the humors, its pathologies almost always involve excess, with deficiency only a minor consideration. The Nervous humor, in addition to being Cold and Dry, is also light, subtle and mobile; its pathologies are mainly psychic, nervous, spasmodic, convulsive and GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINEMYTHOLOGYGREEK MEDICINEHYGIENEINTRODUCTIONDIAGNOSISAPOLLO Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: EMOTIONS AND ORGANSMYTHOLOGYDIET: FOOD AND DRINKGREEK ORAL HYGIENETHE GRECO-ROMAN BATHWHO'S WHO EMOTIONS AND ORGANS The Emotional Life of the Body. In modern medicine, we tend to take a very mechanical view of the body and the physiological functions of its component organs. GREEK MEDICINE: FASTING AND PURIFICATIONSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: THE SIX HYGIENIC FACTORSSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: THE FOUR HUMORS THE FOUR HUMORS Agents of Metabolism. The Four Humors are the metabolic agents of the Four Elements in the human body. The right balance and purity of them is essential to maintaining health. GREEK MEDICINE: PATHOLOGIES OF YELLOW BILE Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: PNEUMA AND IGNISSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: HIPPOCRATES HIPPOCRATES . Father of Medicine. Medical historians generally look to Hippocrates as the founder of medicine as a rational science. It was Hippocrates who finally freed medicine fromthe shackles of magic, superstition, and the supernatural. GREEK MEDICINE: AVICENA AVICENNA . Prince of Physicians. In Unani Medicine, the name of Hakim Ibn Sina, known to the West as Avicenna, towers head and shoulders above all others.Whereas Hippocrates is called the Father of Medicine, Avicenna has been called the Father of Modern Medicine. GREEK MYTHOLOGY: ASCLEPIUS Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINEMYTHOLOGYGREEK MEDICINEHYGIENEINTRODUCTIONDIAGNOSISAPOLLO Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: EMOTIONS AND ORGANSMYTHOLOGYDIET: FOOD AND DRINKGREEK ORAL HYGIENETHE GRECO-ROMAN BATHWHO'S WHO EMOTIONS AND ORGANS The Emotional Life of the Body. In modern medicine, we tend to take a very mechanical view of the body and the physiological functions of its component organs. GREEK MEDICINE: FASTING AND PURIFICATIONSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: THE SIX HYGIENIC FACTORSSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: THE FOUR HUMORS THE FOUR HUMORS Agents of Metabolism. The Four Humors are the metabolic agents of the Four Elements in the human body. The right balance and purity of them is essential to maintaining health. GREEK MEDICINE: PATHOLOGIES OF YELLOW BILE Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: PNEUMA AND IGNISSEE MORE ON GREEKMEDICINE.NET GREEK MEDICINE: HIPPOCRATES HIPPOCRATES . Father of Medicine. Medical historians generally look to Hippocrates as the founder of medicine as a rational science. It was Hippocrates who finally freed medicine fromthe shackles of magic, superstition, and the supernatural. GREEK MEDICINE: AVICENA AVICENNA . Prince of Physicians. In Unani Medicine, the name of Hakim Ibn Sina, known to the West as Avicenna, towers head and shoulders above all others.Whereas Hippocrates is called the Father of Medicine, Avicenna has been called the Father of Modern Medicine. GREEK MYTHOLOGY: ASCLEPIUS Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINE Greek Medicine is the traditional, indigenous holistic healing system of Western civilization. It was first codified and systematized by the Greek philosopher - physician Hippocrates in the 4th century B.C.E. and subsequently developed and expanded by other physicians, GREEK MEDICINE: MEDICINE IN THE MODERN ERA Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: WELCOME TO GREEK MEDICINE Greek Medicine is based on certain universal principles of natural healing which serve as its philosophical foundation. A clear understanding of these principles is necessary to properly appreciate and apply the finer points and doctrines of Greek Medicine in holistic

healing.

GREEK MEDICINE: THE HOUSES OF HEALTH Greek Medicine.net: Gives information and guidance on the theory and practice of Greek Medicine and Medical Astrology as a traditional system of natural healing. GREEK MEDICINE: THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS Sanguine Temperament . Humor: Blood Basic Qualities: Hot and Wet (Warm and Moist) Generally considered to be the most desirable temperament, since blood is the essence of vitality and health, but not without its

drawbacks.

GREEK MEDICINE: AVICENA AVICENNA . Prince of Physicians. In Unani Medicine, the name of Hakim Ibn Sina, known to the West as Avicenna, towers head and shoulders above all others.Whereas Hippocrates is called the Father of Medicine, Avicenna has been called the Father of Modern Medicine. GREEK MEDICINE: SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS Balancing the Daily Cycle. Closely related to the hygienic factor of Exercise and Rest is that of Sleep and Wakefulness; both help us GREEK MEDICINE: THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF THE PHLEGMATIC THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF THE PHLEGMATIC HUMOR AND TEMPERAMENT. Introduction and General Considerations. The Phlegmatic Temperament is dominated by the Water element and its basic qualities of Cold and

Wet.

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