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and external resources Nose picking in progress.jpg A man
picking his nose  Eating mucus is the act of extracting nasal
mucus with one's finger (rhinotillexis) and the succeeding
action of ingesting the mucus from the nose-picking
(mucophagy).[1] Nasal mucus is also termed as boogers, snot,
bogeys, dried nasal mucus, mucus secretion, and other related
terms including comerse los mocos (to eat one's snot).[2]
Mucophagy is a common behavior in children. Some scientists
argue that mucophagy provides benefits for the human body.[1]
Friedrich Bischinger, an Austrian doctor specializing in lungs
advocates using fingers to pick and ingesting nasal mucus,
states people who do so get "a natural boost to their immune
system."[1][3] The mucus contains a "cocktail of antiseptic
enzymes that kill or weaken many of the bacteria that become
entangled in it," so reintroducing the 'crippled' microorga