Recent years have seen the media overrun with details about the Acai Berry and its benefits. But less talked about is the background of this elusive fruit, and how its benefits have actually been utilised by others for thousands of years.

The Acai Berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) grows on a tree from the palm family and can reach heights as high as 25m. The berries themselves grow in large groups above the trees huge slim trunk.

Sources state that the fruits were first of all ingested by Amazon tribes thousands of years ago. It needed a skilled tribesman to climb towards the tops of these trees and obtain the fruits.

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itle=”scalp acne” src=”http://themedictalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/scalp-acne-283×300.jpg” alt=”" width=”283″ height=”300″ />You all must be aware of the scalp acne disease. Basically, it is yet another form of acne which occurs at the scalp area, which makes it quite harder to tackle. In the medical terminology, this disease may also be termed as necrotica miliaris and scalp folliculitis. If proper attention is not paid to it, then it may also turn out to be a scalp sores. But you don’t need to worry about it as we have here listed some of the causes of scalp acne along with the treatment.

The major cause of this disease is the inflammatory reaction between the hair follicle and the micro organism. These microorganisms includes: yeasts, bacteria, mites and others. Hence one must keep themselves away from the products containing such microorganism.

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