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What role does a belly button have for your body?
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Proof: It proves you were born with your intestines inside and the umbilical cord to your mothers placenta functioning. In eastern healing traditions there are mysterious points of electrical energy around the belly button that are powerful treatment points. For medical care, it is a safe point to insert surgical devices to avoid injury to abnominal muscles for scope proceedures.
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