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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?

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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 cheesy

I'm serious!

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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 effective cheesy

I'm serious!
Eeeewwww, *pukes* As in like you did that? shocked shocked shocked
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Caracta(f): 8:01am On Dec 04, 2013
idnoble135:
Eeeewwww, *pukes* As in like you did that? shocked shocked shocked

grin What's there? tongue
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by adexsimply(m): 10:39am On Dec 04, 2013
shocked shocked shocked shocked
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 cheesy

I'm serious!
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Caracta(f): 11:21am On Dec 04, 2013
adexsimply: shocked shocked shocked shocked

*rolls eyes*
Re: Drinking Of Your Urine (urinotherapy): Health Benefits by Nobody: 1:33pm On Dec 04, 2013
Caracta:

grin What's there? tongue
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

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