Homoeopathy
arouses natural immune force and heals without sideffects !
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published in " Mangayar Malar" Tamil monthly Magazine
Homoeopathy is the medical system without side effects.
Homoeopathy medicines enhance the body’s own healing
process. Now a days people have started taking homoeopathic
medicines for their chronic ailments. Mr. Anand and
Ms. A. Preetha had an interview with Dr.R.Gnanasambandam
for Mangayar Malar at Hotel Savera, Chennai. |
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| Anand:
What is Homoeopathy?
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Homoeopathy is a safe, simple, effective scientific
system of medicine applying same principle of a disease.
We imply this as "Similia similibus curantur&##39;`, which
means &##39;let likes be treated by likes.&##39; The mode of action
is totally different from the other systems of medicine
not only by the method of application, but also in dosage.
Homoeopathy medicines are administered in most diluted
forms to avoid unneccessary complications and side effects.
It activates the internal energy to fight against the
diseases.The most important advantage of taking Homoeopathy
medicine - No side effects! The second advantage is
permanent cure! Homoeopathy offers safe medication,
from infants to the old. |
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| Preetha:
Applying same principles ?I do not get you Doctor! Please
Explain. |
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Doctor
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You may know
"Diamond cuts Diamond" and "Thorne pulls out thorne".
Like this principle a medicine which is capable of producing
a disease like symptoms and a cure with the same medicine.
Whatever medicine we take it has two methods of action.
A medicine may produce an opposite action or similar
action. To make you clear , your heart beats are at
high speed and if a medicine is administered to control
the speed, it is opposite reaction. On the other hand
a medicine, which increases the heartbeat, is similar
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Mostly
opposite reactions are followed in Allopathic medications
in the treatment of diseases and only similar reactions
are followed in Homoeopathy. In
allopathy also similar reaction are followed to prevent
diseases by the name of vaccination and immunisation
because the similar principles alone cure and prevent
the diseases. The BCG
tuberculus bacilli are accentuated for vaccination.
Serum prepared immunisation is being done as preventive
aspect in allopathy. It is also a similar principle.
In our sytem we also use the medicine but in more diluted,
potentised form and we call this as Tuberculinum. Here
you can note the difference as allopathic medicines
are administered as material dose but homoeopathic medicines
are in immaterial form. |
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Anand
: How can it be possible with such action! If you administer
such a remedy won`t the patient’s conditions go worse?
Doctor:
No! Homoeopathy medicines
are administered to the patients in the most diluted form.
So it never produce any side effects and never worsens
the condition. It is rarely expected during drug proving.
Unlike the Allopathic medicines our medicines are proved
in healthy human beings. The physiological doses are applied
only to prove a new Homoeopathy medicine. These proved
that medicines are potentised and administered as medicines
to the sick. |
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| Preetha:
How can a similar symptom be a cure for the disease? Can
you explain? |
Doctor:
The
principle of &##39;Similimum&##39; can alone be a permanent cure
for the disease as we observe in nature. Hence,&##39;Similimum&##39;
is the nature&##39;s law of cure. Father of Homoeopathy,
Dr .Samuel Hahnemann discovered this wonderful system
of healing! He was a well-known physician of Allopathic
system of medicine. He became frustrated of the barbaric
practices and the ways of treating the sick in those
days, such as blood letting and blistering. Apart from
the terrible suffering, he observed that people including
his own children were not benefited with these methods
of treatment. So, he left the practice of allopathic
medicine. He was also a famous scholar of various languages.
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When
he was translating a pharmaceutical catalogue, he was
surprised to know that Cinchona, which is used as a
medicine for malaria even now-a-days, could produce
the same symptoms if taken in physiological doses. He
was excited since it was believed that substances,
which can produce opposite symptoms alone, would help
to alleviate the suffering. To verify, he took the bitter
juice of cinchona bark. And
to his utter surprise he developed chillness and rigor,
which were the cardinal features of Malaria and these
symptoms vanished as soon as he stopped taking the cinchona
juice. This was the germ of Homoeopathy. He
applied this principle on many more things. Onion, which
creates severe irritation in the nose and eyes was used
for allergic rhinitis, which has similar symptoms; Belladonna
for congestive fever and Sulphur for skin lesions. It
is similar to the vaccine concept - the remedy does
not attack the disease, it stimulates the body to throw
it off, that mean encouraging the inner energy rather
than suppressing the expression of the sick. |
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| Anand
: What are the sources of Homoeopathic Medicine? Are
they derived from herbs always ? |
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Doctor:
The
main Homoeopathic medicines are derived from plants,
but also from minerals or animal sources. Some of the
medicines are highly poisonous in their original, undiluted
form and the patients who learn that they are being
given medicines derived from such sources sometimes
feel apprehensive, but the homoeopathic method of preparation
yields such extremely high dilutions that there is no
danger at all. |
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| Anand
: How do you prepare medicines? |
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The method of
preparing the medicines is consisted in making serial
dilutions by the methods of succussion and potentisation.
These are very important for bringing out the medicinal
properties of the substances. The mother substance is
soaked in alcohol and maintained for a considerable
period. Then this is filtered to get the liquid, which
is called "Mother Tincture"! |
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Then,
to one part of the liquid, 9 parts of alcohol is added
and succussed to get the 9th potency. Like
this the method of diluting is continued to get successive
potencies and named 1x, 2x and so on.
If one part of the mother tincture is mixed and succussed
with 99 parts of alcohol, we get 1c potency. To one
part of 1c, 99 parts of alcohol is added and succussed
to get 2c potency. In this method, the medicinal substance
is diluted to get medicine in "Centesmal potency." Now,
one may ask by successively diluting the medicinal substance,
will the medicinal property remain potent? Yes. According
to Avagadro hypothesis, the molecule of the medicine
is laboratorically present up to 6c. |
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dilutions don&##39;t reveal the trace of the medicinal substance.
But it carries the memory of the mother substance like
a split atom is more powerful than its hosplit state.
The medicinal
substances which are not soluble in alcohol, eg: chemicals,
is mixed either with 9 parts of sugar of milk, or 99
parts of milk and is tinctured mechanically to get 1x
or 1c of the medicines. This phenomenon is continued
to get various potencies. Again here, these chemicals
don&##39;t damage the vital organs of your body since they
are highly diluted. |
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The
process of continuous diluting removes the unwanted
effects of medicine and the curative efficacy of the
medicine is improved. Generally
practitioners won&##39;t prepare medicines. The pharmaceutical
companies manufacture and sell to the physicians. The
practitioners dispense the medicines to the patients.
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| Preetha
: How do you dispense medicines to the patients? Do you
use injections as in Allopathic treatment? |
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Doctor:
No!
We do not use injections. The medicines are available
in the form of Mother Tinctures, Dilutions, Triturations
and Tablets. The mother tinctures, triturations and
tablets are directly dispensed to the patients, but
the dilutions are medicated with sugar pills or powders.
It varies from practitioner to practitioner. Now-a-days
blister packs are used to avoid evaporation to ensure
the Hygiene. Sometimes they are given as a single
long-acting dose, or else they may be given once a
day or more frequently for days or weeks.
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| Anand:
Is there any restrictions in taking Homoeopathic Medicines?
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Doctor:
The
Medicines are allowed to dissolve in the mouth. Unlike
the allopathic medicines, which make your blood levels
in quantity. Our medicines are absorbed through nerve
endings of the tongue, inhalation and small portion
by absorption from the alimentary tract. All potency
medicines are adivised to take on clean tongue before
food. I usually advise my patients to avoid taking anything
before and after ten minutes. Mother tinctures and triturations
shall be taken after food. |
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| Preetha
: Should we avoid taking coffee while taking Homoeopathic
Medicines? |
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There
is a general belief that Coffee and Tea should be avoided,
but there is no good evidence that these substances
really interfere with cure. Moreover there is an another
belief as bitterguard, onion and strong odours should
be avoided. Clinically I had observed nothing interferes
the cure as such. It is therefore probably enough to
avoid tea or coffee for 10 or 20 minutes before and
after taking the medicines.
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| Anand
: What type of diseases can be cured? |
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Doctor:
We have “pill for every ill.?Even
though we treat acute disease, public choose our system
for chronic ailments. People choose our system when
they fail to achieve the benefit from other systems
of medicine. Our medicines prove well in many incurable
diseases such as Asthma, Cancer, Myasthenia gravis,
Parkinson’s disease, Migraine and so on. It is clinically
proved in most cases. It is a surprise to our medical
fraternity as we could cure tumours with internal medicine.
We treat psychosomatic disorders also ranging from anxiety
to depression. It suits well for the children in bringing
immunity to many ailments such as cold, cough, sore
throat and other incurables ailments.
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| Preetha:
"I heard that homoeopathy medicines will aggravate the
existing disease and then cures!" Is it true? |
| Doctor:
Yes,
but not in all cases. Mostly it is observed only in
Allergic conditions such as Ezema and sometimes in Asthma.
Because the disease get suppression. If the patient
has aggravation the cure is definite and fast. Naturally
it eliminates the toxic reactions and pours it outside.
Gradually the toxic influence will go away from the
body. Sometimes the intensity of the disease itself
looks as aggravation. It can be differentiated well.
This unnecesary Aggravations are avoided with correct
potency selection. Now a days people started thinking
that homoeopathy medicines makes them worse first then
heals. It is not true for every disease. My clinical
observation of aggravation is only in the supressed
disease. The diseases with metabolic and pathological
lesions never aggravates. This can be proved by laboratory
findings.
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| Preetha
: Who are qualified to treat? Like Allopathy do Homoeopathy
have Medical Colleges? |
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Doctor:
Institutionally
trained Homoeopathic medical practitioners are qualified
to treat patients. Indian government has enacted an
Act to protect the rights of a registered Homoeopathic
medical practitioner under Central Council Act 1973.
State Councils or Boards are formed under the respective
state governments. They maintain a register for the
registery of the Qualified Homoeopaths who obtained
the prescribed qualifications. |
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There
are numerous Homoeopathic medical colleges in India. The
curriculum is based on the same syllabus as an allopathic
medical college in relation to subjects, years of study
etc., Now post graduation is also started in many colleges.
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| Anand
: How do you examine a case? Do you use the equipments
like stethoscope and B.P. apparatus etc., ?
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| Doctor:
Yes!
We use all medical equipments for examination of a patient.
Normally we start with a routine medical history to
arrive at a diagnosis of a disease then gears up to
study the constitution of the patient. Constitution
means the physical and mental build up of a patient.
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We
look more into their peculiar physical and mental symptoms
together with the pathological state of a disease to
individualise each and every sick person to select a
remedy. Here the emphasis is on those features, which
distinguish one particular patient from others with
the same conventional diagnosis. Two patients, both
suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, might well receive
different homoeopathic prescriptions. We don &##39;t prescribe
on disease names! Homoeopathy case taking is similar
to fishing. |
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| Preetha
: What are the advantages of taking homoeopathic medicines?
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Doctor:
Permanent cure without side-effects!
For example, Asthma is allergic disease. Allergy has
its genetical cause. The parents or grandparents should
have some allergic diseases in the form of a familial
asthma or eczema. The patient shows the symptom as difficulty
in breathing when exposed to allergens such as a dust,
pollen grains etc. |
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Here the disease force is inside his body. Whenever
the immunity is lowered symptoms develops. In allopathy
the treatment is application of a bronchodilator drug
and a steroid. Opposite reaction of a bronchodilator
drug immediately relieves his condition for the time
being. It requires another dosage when the concentration
of the drug is lowered in blood levels. This is mere
palliation! Not a Cure! Then a steroid is opted to meet
the situation, but steroid damages the vital organs
- heart, kidneys and the eyes, when continued longer
and extensively. Our method of application of the "Similimum"
is in higher dilutions, otherwise called the dynamic
doses without side-effects. These dynamic doses of similimum
throws the disease out and make the sick person free
of his ailments. In our system our method of application
is a similar medicine in dynamic doses. For example,
a Asthma patient falls under the constitution of Natrum
sulph. Eventhough it cannot bring the instant effect
it gradually throws the disease layer from the body
and finally he is free from attacks.
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| Anand:
What is a Steroid and Hormone preparations. Are they harmful?
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Doctor:
Hormones are secreted by endocrine glands which are
essential for our metabolism. Steroids are prepared
from adrenal glands which are very essential for immunity.
In allopathy chemical preparations are available as
hormones and steroids. They will be helpful in acute
crisis. But now-a-days people had started taking these
drugs without knowing the side effect. If the medication
is continued for long time it definitly harms our body.
Realising the side-effects and dangerous consequences
of steroid medication lots of Homoeopathic medicines
are newly prepared from the same steroids. By keeping
the steroids as the source by Trituration highly diluted,
dynamically effective medicines which don&##39;t have the
dangerous side-effects now are able to remove the side-effects
in a person who suffers from it. Cortisone, Hydrocortisone,
Oestrogen, Progestrone, Adrenalin, Prednisolone, Prolactin,
Pituitarinum, Posterior pituitarinum are few drugs to
remove the side-effects of steroids. |
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| Anand
: Is Homoeopathy slow acting? |
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No!
If the symptoms corresponds, it is very fast. In allopathy
the prescription of a medicine is very easy since the
treatment is symptomatic. They prescribe the dose in
material doses like 5gms, 10gms to keep the dosage at
a constant level. So the symptoms are suppressed and
the patient feels an instant relief! In Homoeopathy
we administer the similimum in dynamic doses, which
helps the sick to come back to healthy condition early
in the faster manner.The chronic and old disease such
as psoriasis take a long time to treat hence homoeopathy
has been labeled as slow acting. |
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| Preetha
: Are laboratory investigations neccessary for a Homoeopath? |
Doctor:
Yes,
Investigations are absolutely necessary to diagnose a
disease. Eventhough we don’t give much importance to the
common disease symptoms we require to know the prognosis
of a disease. |
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Diagnosis
is common to all systems of medicine. Some homoeopaths
do not rely on investigations; they simply observe the
symptomatalogy alone. But
it is dangerous, for instance, a patient suffering from
kidney stone, it rolls inside the pelvis according to
the gravity of urine and its movement gives pain. Here
the pain cannot be taken as a vague symptom. We cannot
justify the size of the stone during or after treatment.
Therefore, investigations are must in most of the incurable
diseases. |
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| Anand
: Do you advice surgery to your patients? |
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Doctor:
Yes, We are not against surgery. In our medical curriculum
we are not trained to identify and classify the cases
which appears to be in need of surgery. Many of the
so-called surgical cases can very well be cured by Homoeopathic
remedies, eg., Polycystic ovaries, Chocolate cysts of
the ovaries, Fibroids of the uterus, Cysts in various
other organs of the body, ChronicTonsilitis, Sinusitis,
Subacute appendicitis, Renal calculi, Cholelithiasis
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the sametime we are trained to identify the patients
for whom surgery can only be helpful eg. Perforated
peptic ulcer, Respiratory obstruction which need Tracheaostomy,
Acute Appendicitis, Strangulated Hernia etc. |
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| Preetha
: While taking homoeopathic treatment if one happened
to take an allopathic medicine what
happens? Will there be a reaction?lt;/font> |
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Doctor:
There
is no good evidence that Allopathic drugs interfere
with Homoeopathic medicines. In any case, it is always
undesirable to stop conventional treatment without the
approval of the physician concerned. Sometimes patients
healing power requires sometime for stimulation until
then you have to continue the drug and gradually you
can drop the allopathic drugs. There are no dangerous
interactions between homoeopathic medicines and modern
drugs; because the allopathic medicines are in material
quantity where as homoeopathic medicines are in diluted
and dynamic doses. There could not be a chemical reaction
even if the patient happened to take the medicines simultaneously
such as in diabetes and hypertension.
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Are you aganist Allopathy? Have you taken any medicine.
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We
are not against any system of medicine. Allopathy is
a wonderful system of medicine in handing acute conditions
and in emergencies. It is the best system of medicine
for immediate definite recovery, practical application
is very good than other systems. In chronic conditions
it is not suitable, because our body could not tolerate
long term chemical and material doses. It would produce
side effects. I can say our Homoeopathic system of medicine
would be the choice, since the medicines are administered
in most diluted forms. It never produce side effects
even if a patient happened to take until his life time.
In acute diseases also we had been very successful in
many occasions like controlling cholera, dysentry, measles,
chicken pox etc. Many acute conditions which made people
nervous had been cured with homoeopathy. Similarly there
are some instances where we had failed. |
| Anand
: Do you advice diets to your patients?
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Yes
definitely! Diets are obstacle for recovery of a disease.
They are maintaining causes for a disease. A person
suffering from jaundice has to follow a fat-free diet.
Similarly in all diseases, such as sweets in diabetes,
salt in hypertension. Some homoeopaths as I said before,
believe that strong perfumes, spices, coffee and tea
will antidote a Homoeopathic medicinal action, but it
is ill proved. |
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| Preetha
: Why Homoeopathy is not popular as Modern Scientific
system? |
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No our system is popular now-a-days. The modern medicine
is popular only because it tackles the acute, emergencies
instantly with material doses and surgery. They do not
know the toxicity when happened to continue over a period.
They got fatigue with their long-term treatment, and
then they choose homoeopathic treatment. The system
was handled by quacks, as it does not have any side
effects. Trial and error methods without proper medical
knowledge had made the public to think homoeopathy medicines
are unscientific! |
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| Anand
: What about the research? |
| Doctor:
Research
in Homoeopathy is Drug proving and Clinical proving.
Homoeopathic medicines are tested on healthy human beings
unlike the allopathic medicines which are experimented
on animals. For example the medicine Arsenic, in physiological
doses, administered over many healthy human beings.
They produce artificial state of the disease. Each person
reacts differently to the same substance although the
common symptoms to induced disease state were the same.
The well proved symptom cures the original disease of
any kind. Lots of drugs had been proved and included
in Homoeopathic pharmacopoeia. Government of India has
a separate wing called Central Council for Research
in Homoeopathy. Each and every Homoeopathic physician
has to study his patients very deeply to cure.This can
be achieved by objective scientific studies. Clinical
trials are being made in many research centres.
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: What is the latest development? |
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Doctor:
I would
say Homoeopathic software is the latest development
in our fraternity. When a homoeopath takes a medical
history, the most important?Totality of Symptoms?
are listed together and repertorisation is carried
out manually to find a most suitable remedy. This
task is laborious. Now it is very easy for the comparison,
sorting and prognosis of a patient and the best is,
it is studied in seconds with a Mouse in the hand.
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| Anand
: What is the scope of homoeopathy in future?
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| Doctor:
Very bright! Now-a-days people have started realising
the real facts. Many people follow homoeopathic treatment
for their long-term illness. Mostly people approach
Homoeopathic medicines for their children as our system
has no side-effects. We are pioneer in clinical proving
in many diseases, even in cancer aids with positive
treatment. |
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| Preetha
: Everybody knows that Homoeopathic Medicines do not have
side effects. Now a days there is general fear of kidney
failure. What you say about that? |
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Doctor:
When a medicine is administered in material dose it may
damage the kidneys.The material doses with short duration
can be tolerated by the kidneys. But if it is administered
in heavy dosage for longer duration then there is some
possible complication. Moreover there are many diseases
that naturally damage the kidney. For example Hypertension
and Diabetes are very common. |
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medicines never predispose such action because of minimum,
most diluted dynamic form.Our system is the safest system
for treating kidney failure also.
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