It was an ordinary morning (it could be noon, afternoon, evening, it doesn’t matter), and everything was so peaceful and peaceful…
Suddenly! An inexplicable itching sensation rushed straight from your nostrils to your forehead. You wrinkled your nose and found a subtle foreign body sensation deep in your nostrils. You have realized in your heart that the time is ripe, and an inexplicable impulse makes you slowly raise your hand and raise your index finger.
The upper lip is slightly pulled down and adducted, so that the nostrils are fully enlarged, and the fingers that have long been impatiently plunged into the depths of the nostrils, fumbled and searched in the nostrils, rotated, rubbed, and then slammed outwards A pull…a piece of booger sticks to your fingers and you dug it out.
The psychological sense of achievement and the physical pleasure hit your central nervous system at the same time, ah, picking booger is cool!
Source: Zhanku Hailuo
I want to talk about booger digging seriously. First of all, I declare that this is not to stop you from continuing to have fun, even if you have more unusual hobbies, such as eating and digging out Booger, or like to flick the booger you just dug out at others…it doesn’t matter.
Seeking cool is human nature and cannot be stopped. I just want to discuss with you how to be more healthy and “cool” for a longer time.
Those who are familiar with the author’s style (Tencent Medical Code basically has my articles every Tuesday) know that the author very much hopes that every time I write medical and health science content, I can learn from the vast history. In the hook and Chen, some interesting historical materials are added to increase the style of the topic.
So, this time about the content of booger picking, the author also checked the historical data…
Burning Goose, the shocking thing is that I can’t find any material in this area; and what is even more shocking is that in the process of looking for historical materials, the author actually found a book A book called “History of Nose Picking”! !
The author of this book is an American named Roland Frette, who claims to be working at the University of San Cilia in California, and this book is a serious description of the entire history of human nose picking. .
For example, the book introduces the origin of the act of picking noses, and the earliest image data describing the act of picking noses can be traced back to the ancient Egyptian culture in 4075 BC. It is said that ancient Egyptians On the frescoes in the tomb of Boy-King Pik’n-likun, there is an image of picking booger…
Source: Roland Frette, “History of Nose Picking”
The earliest written record of booger picking appears in the journal of the famous “Snot General” in ancient Rome. In 198 AD, the general was stationed at an important fortress in northern England and found that there were The soldier picked his booger while standing guard, so it was recorded in the log: The Roman exhibition must obey the emperor’s order, and must not pick his nose. From now on, he can only wipe his nose with a robe.
There are plenty of people who like to pick noses. At the Battle of Hastings in 1066, King Harold, a die-hard booger picker, promoted it. This habit, and precisely this habit, made him restless and unable to concentrate at the critical moment of the war command because a piece of booger could not be dug out. Finally, he was taken advantage of by the archers of the rival Normans and shot him with one arrow. , this scene can be found in the pattern on the famous “Bayeux Tapestry”.
Source: Roland Frette, “History of Nose Picking”
Duke William of Normandy, who defeated King Harold, a booger-picking enthusiast, was finally crowned King of England. After King William registered, he promulgated the “Decree Nosi” (Decree Nosi) to prohibit his subjects from publicly On occasions digging booger, those who violate the order will be beheaded. In order to prevent soldiers from picking their nostrils when preparing for battle, the British at that time also specially made “chain gloves” to prevent soldiers from inserting their fingers into their nostrils. No nose pickingThe ban on shit was not repealed until the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215.
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The author read the whole book in one go, and then I really understood what it means to talk nonsense in a serious manner… However, the historical evolution of the whole booger-picking is well-founded, and the classics are quoted. I want to refute but can’t find it. To the evidence… I had no choice but to have a good time, let’s take a look at the pastime.
To be honest, there is really no record of booger picking in history.
Let’s get down to business, what is the booger we dug up?
Everyone in the world produces boogers, even the fairy sisters and the beautiful boys.
Source: Internet
Boogers are not shit from the nose, which may seem like nonsense, but boogers are indeed a kind of waste that forms in the nasal cavity.
If you analyze the composition of booger, you will find that it is nothing more than nasal mucus, dust, bacteria and bacterial corpses, immune cells and immune cell corpses sticking together a lump of mixture. This mixture is air-dried and turned into a hard scab, forming booger. Some mixtures are scooped out before they have time to air dry, leaving them wet and sticky.
One of the functions of the human nose is to secrete mucus, which is snot.
The immune cells in the nasal mucus can kill bacteria and viruses. Most of the dead bodies of these bacteria and viruses are sent to the throat to be swallowed together with the dead immune cells, and the other part is sticky. The nasal mucus is not transported to the throat by the nasal mucosa, but retrogrades to the vicinity of the nostrils, where it dries and becomes sticky, turning it into booger (and boogers).
So it is a normal phenomenon to have a moderate amount of booger in the nasal cavity. Sometimes, if you are in a more dusty environment, the booger will become more; if you are in a very dry environment, the booger will also become very hard due to drying. These are normal phenomena.
Seriously, yes, your booger-picking fingers can be a dangerous weapon.
1. Damaged nose hair
Nose hair is the first barrier against dust and bacteria and viruses entering the body. Frequently picking boogers and noses will cause the nose hair to fall off, and even inflame the hair follicles of the nose hair, reducing the blocking effect of the nose hair on dust and bacteria.
2. Traumatic epistaxis
The nasal mucosa is rich in capillaries, which can easily be damaged or bleed by frequent and forceful digging with fingers. Especially in spring and autumn, the climate is relatively dry, and the nasal mucosa and mucosal capillaries are relatively fragile, and it is easy to bleed due to picking booger.
3. Intracranial infection, life-threatening
Bacteria will be carried between people’s fingernails. When picking boogers, it is easy to bring the bacteria into the anterior nostrils and other parts, causing nasal infection, causing nasal vestibulitis, boils and so on. Due to the facial triangle, such purulent infections may enter the cavernous sinus in the skull through the anterior, upper and lower eye veins, causing inflammation of the cavernous sinus.
If this type of intracranial infection is not effectively controlled, it can be life-threatening.
Please dig booger scientifically, source: Zhanku Hailuo
So, what is the correct posture for picking booger?
Well, wash your hands, make sure your nails aren’t too long or sharp, and just dig in gently. Note, Washing your hands is an important point of emphasis.
In addition, you can moisten and soften the booger with sea salt water, which makes it easier to dig, and it is not easy to bring down a clump of nose hairs.
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