As crazy as this may sound, the answer is YES, human urine is used as therapy for many conditions including skin care. In alternative medicine and ayurveda (from India) this type of therapy is known as urotherapy and amaroli respectively. We may not be aware but many products use for Hormone Replacement Therapy use horse urine as it contains hormones humans can use. So, why not your own urine!
Human urine contains water and urea but it also contains small quantities of many hormones and metabolites, including corticosteroids. Medical literature shows that urea may offer anti-cancer properties. In addition, the other chemicals in urine might have some effect if ingested. In 1997, Joseph Eldor, of the Theoretical Medicine Institute in Jerusalem, published a paper suggesting that because cancer cells release antigens which appear in the urine, oral autourotherapy could spur the intestinal lymphatic system to produce antibodies against these antigens. Human urine is normally relatively free of bacteria, since the bladder itself is normally a sterile environment, and drinking small amounts of one's own urine is unlikely to be seriously harmful.
I also found some articles that state that human urine has energizing and strengthening properties which make it most useful for treating many deficiencies. It appears that urine can also be used externally as a baldness cure or as a cure for trembling hands or persistent itching, it is probable that is most usual medicinal use is as a drink.
Drinking your own urine is a excellent cure for scurvy,dropsy and jaundice according to many alternative doctors. Wow!
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As crazy as this may sound, the answer is YES, human urine is used as therapy for many conditions including skin care. In alternative medicine and ayurveda (from India) this type of therapy is known as urotherapy and amaroli respectively. We may not be aware but many products use for Hormone Replacement Therapy use horse urine as it contains hormones humans can use. So, why not your own urine!
Human urine contains water and urea but it also contains small quantities of many hormones and metabolites, including corticosteroids. Medical literature shows that urea may offer anti-cancer properties. In addition, the other chemicals in urine might have some effect if ingested. In 1997, Joseph Eldor, of the Theoretical Medicine Institute in Jerusalem, published a paper suggesting that because cancer cells release antigens which appear in the urine, oral autourotherapy could spur the intestinal lymphatic system to produce antibodies against these antigens. Human urine is normally relatively free of bacteria, since the bladder itself is normally a sterile environment, and drinking small amounts of one's own urine is unlikely to be seriously harmful.
I also found some articles that state that human urine has energizing and strengthening properties which make it most useful for treating many deficiencies. It appears that urine can also be used externally as a baldness cure or as a cure for trembling hands or persistent itching, it is probable that is most usual medicinal use is as a drink.
Drinking your own urine is a excellent cure for scurvy,dropsy and jaundice according to many alternative doctors. Wow!
February 20, 2009 - 10:18pmThis Comment
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