Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,148,639 members, 7,801,859 topics. Date: Friday, 19 April 2024 at 02:28 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Health / Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits (9077 Views)
What The Color Of Your Urine Says About Your Health (Infographic) / Your Urine Colour And Health Status / 10 Surprising Health Benefits Of Beer (2) (3) (4)
Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Shayooluwah(m): 8:57am On Nov 14, 2013 |
I watched a documentary on National Geographic, and it was talking about Urinotherapy (drinking of your own urine for health reasons) Eeeeew. I decided to check it out, and I found some pretty interesting write ups about it. Although there are two sides to the story because contemporary medical Doctors claim it has not been medically proven, but there are others that strongly believe in it and claim it has worked wonders for them. Though most of them used already treated or flavoured urine. below is what Wikipedia said. In alternative medicine , a the term urine therapy or urotherapy , (also urinotherapy or uropathy) refers to various applications of human urine for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, including drinking of one's own urine and massaging one's skin with one's own urine. While there is currently insufficient evidence for the therapeutic use of urine, many chemical components of urine have wide-scale industrial and agricultural use, such as urea and urokinase. As in ancient Rome, urine was used for tooth- whitening. A famous poem by the Roman poet Catullus, criticizing a Gaul named Egnatius, Some advocates believe that the Bible recommends urine therapy. A verse in Proverbs ( Proverbs 5:15 ) advises: "Drink waters from thy own cistern, flowing water from thy own well." However, subsequent verses contain warnings against adultery, and advice for husbands to stay faithful; hence the interpretation of this verse as a literary device or analogy. Hinduism A Sanskrit text called the Damar Tantra , not part of core Hinduism, contains 107 stanzas on the benefits of "pure water, or one's own urine". In this text, urine therapy is referred to as Shivambu Kalpa . This text suggests, among other uses and prescriptions, massaging one's skin with fresh, concentrated urine. In the Ayurvedic tradition, which is related to the Hindu scriptures called the Vedas . urine therapy is called amaroli which when practised requires some dietary requirements such as mixing it with water to "cure cancers" and other "diseases" along with "raw food and certain fruits like banana, papaya and citrus fruits" which are claimed to be "very good in the practice of amaroli". One of the main aims of this system is to "prevent illness, heal the sick and preserve life". In Islam, drinking urine is forbidden and is considered " najasa" due to its toxicity . Islamic commentators find urine to be something that is "filth". However, scholars such as Abū Ḥanīfa have said only that "it's disliked" (" makruh " or "almost" haraam ). The French customarily soaked stockings in urine and wrapped them around their necks in order to cure strep throat In Sierra Madre , Mexico, farmers prepare poultices for broken bones by having a child urinate into a bowl of powdered charred corn. The mixture is made into a paste and applied to the skin. The homeopath John Henry Clarke wrote, "… man who, for a skin affection, drank in the morning the urine he had passed the night before. The symptoms were severe, consisting of general-dropsy, scanty urine, and excessive weakness. These symptoms I have arranged under Urinum. Urinotherapy is practically as old as man himself. The Chinese (Therapist, x. 329) treat wounds by sprinkling urine on them, and the custom is widespread in the Far East . Taken internally, it is believed to stimulate the circulation". Modern claims and findings Urine's main constituents are water and urea; the latter of which has some well-known commercial and other uses . Urine also contains small quantities of thousands of compounds, hormones and metabolites , including corticosteroids . Pregnant mare's urine has high amounts of estrogens, which are isolated and sold as Premarin . There is no scientific evidence of a therapeutic use for untreated urine. It has been claimed that urine is similar to other body fluids, like amniotic fluid or even blood, but these claims have no scientific basis. Urinating on jellyfish stings is a common folk remedy , however Scientific American reports that it may be counter productive, as it can activate nematocysts remaining at the site of the sting, making the pain worse. Use as anti-cancer agent Urine and urea have been claimed by some practitioners to have an anti-cancer effect. It has been hypothesized that because some cancer cell antigens are transferred through urine, through "oral autourotherapy" these antigens could be introduced to the immune system that might then create antibodies. According to the American Cancer Society, "available scientific evidence does not support claims that urine or urea given in any form is helpful for cancer patients". The discredited cancer treatment offered by the Burzynski Clinic was initially synthesized from urine collected in a Texas park. Public figures Morarji Desai, 4th prime minister of India, and an advocate of urine therapy In 1978, the Prime Minister of India , Morarji Desai, a long time practitioner of urine therapy, spoke to Dan Rather on 60 Minutes about urine therapy. Desai stated that urine therapy was the perfect medical solution for the millions of Indians who cannot afford medical treatment. Cameroon 's Health Minister Urbain Olanguena Awono warned people against drinking their own urine, believed in some circles to be a tonic and cure for a number of ailments. "Given the risks of toxicity associated with ingesting urine," he wrote, "the health ministry advises against the consumption of urine and invites those who promote the practice to cease doing so or risk prosecution." British actress Sarah Miles has drunk her own urine for over thirty years, in claiming the belief that it immunizes against allergies, amongst other health benefits. Former Major League Baseball player Moisés Alou urinates on his hands to alleviate calluses, which he claims allows him to bat without using batting gloves. Madonna explained to talk show host David Letterman that she urinates on her own feet to help cure her athlete's foot problem. Mixed martial arts fighter Lyoto Machida revealed in an interview that he drinks his own urine. His father, Yoshizo Machida, admitted he got Lyoto to start doing that after he couldn't get rid of his cough three years ago. Boxer Juan Manuel Márquez drank his own urine during a filmed training session for the HBO series 24/7 promoting the Marquez/ Mayweather fight, he revealed that he believed the practice was of great nutritional benefit aiding his intensive workouts. Urine therapy was used as a plot line in the fifth-season episode "Crow's Feet" of the popular television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation . Author J.D. Salinger is also said to have been an adherent. Auto-urine drinking and meditation. Drinking one's morning urine ('amaroli') was an ancient yoga practise designed to promote meditation. The ancient Hindu and yoga texts that mention auto-urine drinking, require it be done before sunrise and that only the mid- stream sample be used. The pineal hormone melatonin and its conjugated esters are present in morning urine in significant quantities, the pineal gland secreting melatonin maximally at about 2 am, this secretion being shut off by the eyes' exposure to bright sunlight. Melatonin, when ingested or given intravenously, amongst other effects, provokes tranquility and heightened visualisation. There are high concentrations of melatonin in the first morning urine, but not in a physiologically active form. Mills and Faunce at Newcastle University Australia in 1991 developed the hypothesis that ingestion of morning urine into low pH gastric acid would cause deconjugation of its esters back to the active form of melatonin. This, they suggested, might restore plasma night-time melatonin levels. Thus, they argued, oral pre-dawn consumption of auto-exogenous melatonin, by either re-setting of the sleep-wake cycle or enhancement of the physiological prerequisites for meditation (decreased body awareness (i.e. analgesia) and claimed slowed brain wave activity, as well as heightened visualization ability), may be the mechanism behind the alleged benefits ascribed to 'amaroli' or auto- urine drinking by ancient texts of the yogic religion. What do you think? Would you try it? 1 Like |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Caracta(f): 6:58am On Dec 04, 2013 |
Yeah. Urine therapy is very good. I'll gladly recommend it for anyone. I did a project on it and tried it before. My face was smoother when I was rinsing it with my first morning urine. It's free and very effective I'm serious! 1 Like |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Nobody: 7:33am On Dec 04, 2013 |
Caracta: Yeah. Urine therapy is very good. I'll gladly recommend it for anyone. I did a project on it and tried it before. My face was smoother when I was rinsing it with my first morning urine. It's free and very effectiveEeeewwww, *pukes* As in like you did that? |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Caracta(f): 8:01am On Dec 04, 2013 |
idnoble135: What's there? |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by adexsimply(m): 10:39am On Dec 04, 2013 |
Caracta: Yeah. Urine therapy is very good. I'll gladly recommend it for anyone. I did a project on it and tried it before. My face was smoother when I was rinsing it with my first morning urine. It's free and very effective |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Caracta(f): 11:21am On Dec 04, 2013 |
adexsimply: *rolls eyes* |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Nobody: 1:33pm On Dec 04, 2013 |
Caracta:Nothing. Erm.... How long did it take you to agree to try that. A year? Two? |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Nobody: 1:17am On Dec 05, 2013 |
@op I read that in a health related book,2 years ago, where the doctor recommended, drinking your first urine in the morning. But I was like WTF. |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by mekaboy(m): 10:46am On Dec 05, 2013 |
why r u guys acting like it is a big deal when you actually put ur mouths in the main source during s3xual activities. |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by mekaboy(m): 10:47am On Dec 05, 2013 |
why r u guys acting like it is a big deal when you actually put ur mouths in the main source of urine during s3xual activities. |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Shayooluwah(m): 6:49pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
torres2: @op I read that in a health related book,2 years ago, where the doctor recommended, drinking your first urine in the morning. But I was like WTF.Yeah. The people that really believe it and practice it, use only their early morning urine |
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Shayooluwah(m): 6:51pm On Dec 07, 2013 |
mekaboy: why r u guys acting like it is a big deal when you actually put ur mouths in the main source of urine during s3xual activities.true though |
(1) (Reply)
Nigerians Must Prepare For Possible Ebola Outbreak - Toyin Saraki / Rescue Nigeria Youths From Hard Drugs - Ngo Leads Campaign / Warning Signs Of Mental Disorder
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 28 |