A doctor of traditonal Chinse medicine I saw for a chronic
condition I had years ago, was adamant that people should NOT
clean out their belly buttons. I don't remember how/why the
topic came up, but she was very passionate about it...saying
that it had something to do with the immune system. She was an
MD in China, but practised traditional Chinese medicine in North
America. Perhaps it might benefit the study if they were to
consult someone like the doctor I saw, for more information.
Images courtesy of Belly Button Diversity Published November 13,
2012 Rob Dunn and his team of ecologists aren't your average
navel gazers. They're professional navel gazers, thank you very
much, and their new study details the microbial contents of 60
volunteers' belly buttons. The upshot? Belly buttons, it turns
out, are a lot like rain forests. The whole thing started about
two years ago. An undergrad's only-in-a-biology-lab
idea—sampling colleague's navel bacteria for a holiday
card—struck a chord with the North Carolina St