Urine is clear-yellow liquid produced through the kidney by the human body and consists of 95% water, 2.5% urea and remaining 2.5% is mineral, salt and other components. Urea in urine toxicity effect to the body and drinking urine is not considered healthy but it is believed that the toxic substance or urea will be purified once it enteres the human body system.
According to Wikipedia, in alternative medicine practice, the term urine therapy or urotherapy can be refered to different applications of human urine for medicinal or cosmetic purposes which includes drinking of ones own urine, massaging ones skin or gums with own urine. However, it should be noted that there is no scientific evidence to support its use.
This practice gained popularity by British naturopath John W.Armstrong in 20th century as he was inspired by his family's practice of using urine to treat minor stings and toothaches by a verse in the bible proverb 5:15 which says..."Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well." and also from his own experiences with ill health which he treated withing a 45 day fast on nothing else but urine and tap water" As such, From 1918, Amstrong prescribed urine therapy regimes which he developed to thousands of his patients and in 1944 he wrote and published a book titled "The water of life" which centered on various uses of Urine therapy becoming a founding document of the field.
Urine therapy consist of two main application they are :
- Internal application: Which allows people to drink their own urine.
- External application: Which is rubbing urine on ones skin so as to prevent some diseases...
Below are some benefits of urine therapy-
*Urine therapy prevents bacterial infection
*Urine therapy can cure fungal infection on skin
*It can Prevent one from viral infection
*Urine therapy can prevent one from allergy
*Urine therapy can cure symptoms of auto immune diseases (Autoimmune disease is a disorder of immune system which the immune cell consume the healthy tissue of the body and causing several disease such as arthritis.)
*Urine therapy prevents hair loss
*Urine therapy can cure acne and other skin problems
*Urine therapy can fight cancer
*Cleanses the blood in circulation
*Promotes healthy heart
*Relieve sting and burning wound ( For those who may be stung by bee, jelly fish or sting ray, can rub urine on the spot of the sting if no antiseptic around them. The anti-inflammation effect of urine can help the body to remove pain caused by sting and heal it faster. Urine is also effective to relieve wound which is caused by burn.)
*Maintains young, moist and firm skin
*Helps to relief constipation
*Calms the nerves ( It contains hormone called melatonin produced when person is at sleep which has calming effect)
Other benefits are (Stomach Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, HIV / AIDS, Diabetes, Kidney Failure, Nephritic Syndrome, Gall Bladder Stones, Motor Neuron Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy, Vision, Hearing problem and Deformity, Acute Lumbar Spondylosis “A L S”, Premenstrual syndrome “P M S”, Low Sperms counts & low Motility, Asthma, Paralysis, Ulcer, Psoriasis, Thyroids disorder)
How to start urine therapy
Follow these steps if you wanna start urine therapy
*Before drinking urine, first smell and rub it on your nose so as to make sure the smell is ok for you. People who used to drink urine said that the smell and the taste of urine is not that bad, the taste is salty and savory. You just need to overcome your feeling of being disgusted.
*You can even mix with juice for starters if you cant drink pure urine
*Morning urine is rich in many vital substances. Collect the middle stream of your own urine which you produce first thing in the morning. This is best urine to drink and it is sterile to be consumed. Don’t take urine at the last part because it contains some sediment and has no value.
*It is ok to drink one to several glasses in a day
*Urine which is produced one hour after meals is also consider as best, so if you want to drink urine, wait for at least one hour after meals...
*Avoid eating anything 30 minutes after drinking urine
*Balance your urine therapy with consuming fruit and vegetable
Interestingly for Urine therapists, in China there is a Urine therapy association which claims that urine can "improve the body's ability to fight diseases." For many of the members, what the non members see as a strange practice actually holds many curative effects.
For Bao Yafu (79-year-old), urine therapy is just another daily routine: Bao drinks three cups of his own urine every day, and even washes his eyes and wipes his face with it. According to Bao; “In these 22 years of urine therapy, I never caught a cold. My eyesight has become clearer and I don’t have any age pigment,” Bao told local newspaper Wuhan Evening News, also revealing that a medical check conducted by a local hospital recently showed that he has the bone density of a 30-year-old.
Bao, who is the chairman of the China Urine Therapy Association, said that the group has over 1,000 members from almost everywhere in China except for Tibet and Ningxia provinces. The organisation claims that it is “a non-profit non-governmental organisation for the common wealth recognised by the Hong Kong SAR government”.
One of the requirements of joining is to consume urine and promote its healing effects. The groups' membership fee is 20 RMB (HK$ 25) per year, and around 100 members gather once a year to share their experiences. I trust this fee is little for steemians to pay as joining fee;)
Furthermore, it seems Chairman Bao is not the only member of the China Urine Therapy Association to claim that Urine therapy has improved his health. According to Wuhan Evening News, a 21-year-old man named Xiaoliu told the newspaper that urine therapy cured his hyperthyroidism.
Xiaoliu took subscription medication for one and half year after being diagnosed with hyperthyrodism in 2010 but stopped as he felt the treatment has no positive effect on him. After learning about Urine therapy from the internet, he decided to try it and in his first two attempts to drink urine, he threw up due to its strong smell. However, he gradually got used to it and began to consume up to 100 to 150 millilitres per drink. After a year, he went for a medical examination and the results showed that his thyroid figures had all returned to normal.
However, Xiaoliu’s doctor refuted these alleged curative effects of urine therapy, insisting that Xiaoliu's recovery should be attributed to his medication. His doctor claimed as stated below- “He was treated here by me for almost two years, and had been taking medicine for hyperthyroidism and liver protection," the physician reportedly said. "Every month he came back for a medical check and got better so [I] reduced the amount of medicine until he was cured.”
Despite his doctors claims and refutation, Xiaoliu's story of urine therapy went viral on the Chinese internet, leading to further investigations by local newspapers into the practice of Urine therapy.
In another twist, for Jay B. Zatzkin, (MD; American Board of Internal Medicine) while it is true that urine can contain tumor antigens, there is no scientific evidence to show that drinking, massaging with, bathing in, or any other application of urine will stimulate antibody production or in any way fight off a cancer. The quantities of substances, including tumor antigens, present in urine are typically minuscule compared with those already present in the blood and elsewhere in the body. The bottom line is that drinking your own urine isn't likely to be harmful, but it has no known medical benefit.
In conclusion, my question is... are you willing to try urine therapy
1 Yes I am willing to try Urine therapy
- Yes i have been drinking my urine and its good for me and can testify any day...
- I tried it once and will not continue
- No not for me, cant drink own Urine.
Feel free to comment with your own option and state why...
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Sources:
http://www.medicinenet.com/urine_therapy-page2/views.htm
http://drhealthbenefits.com/disease-disorder/therapy/health-benefits-of-urine-therapy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine_therapy
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