The history of urinotherapy dates back many centuries. In ancient Rome, wool was cleaned with urine, and the Greeks used it to disinfect the oral cavity and wounds. But in ancient India, the healers strongly recommended even drinking urine to treat various ailments.
To drink or not to drink?
The opinions of experts in the field of medicine regarding whether urinotherapy is good for health are mixed.
In particular, traditional medicine does not recommend drinking urine to be healed. Doctors always fear when radical methods of urinotherapy are used. First of all, we are talking about treating patients with urine, which is obtained from the patients themselves. Drinking the urine of sick people is unsafe for health, because it contains pathogenic bacteria that can serve as a source of development of various pathologies. Moreover, urine contains acetone and salts of heavy metals - they also will not bring any benefit.
Those who consider external urine therapy as a treatment option should be aware that other people's urine cannot be used. It is especially dangerous to drink the urine of a person who is diagnosed with pyelonephritis. A small amount of such liquid is enough for the patient to "earn" a blood poisoning or gangrene. Such consequences can most likely be expected if urine gets into a small wound or cut.
Some are interested in the question of whether it is possible to drink urine for women who are in an interesting position. The answer is clear: they are categorically contraindicated. Otherwise, the future mother may have a miscarriage.
However, even if this does not happen, it is very likely that the further development of pregnancy will be pathological.
Varieties of urinotherapy
There are several classifications of the above treatment method. It is customary to isolate internal urinotherapy, external and washing the body cavities.
Internal
Internal urinotherapy involves the use of fluid orally, i.e., directly through the mouth. It is believed that such urinotherapy for weight loss is simply ideal. Of course, at the same time, safety measures must be followed.
Those who adhere to such a treatment method as fasting, according to the adherents of urinotherapy, should not disdain to drink urine, because it helps to strengthen the immune system and has a beneficial effect on the functions of organs that mediate its normal functioning. These include, in particular: lymph nodes, thymus, bone marrow.
To cleanse the body, it is recommended to use "fresh" urine for several days in a row - thereby achieving the effect of a diuretic, and a person loses weight.
It should be noted that urine has a rather complicated structure. It contains nucleic acids, including uric, enzymes, hormones, amino acids, purine bases, vitamins.
That is why urinotherapy, reviews of which, however, are very controversial, is perceived as a worthy alternative to drugs and dietary supplements.
Outdoor
This treatment option involves the treatment of damaged areas of the body (abrasions, cuts, burns) with tissue swabs, bandages, gauze soaked in urine.
It should be noted that some are positioning urinotherapy as an effective way to improve hair condition. In adverse environmental conditions, they very quickly fade and become brittle. Adherents of the above method of treatment recommend using urine that has been infused for 5-7 days to make the curls shine and rub it into the scalp while massaging the hair itself. In parallel with this, you need to drink 200 grams of urine every morning. Thus, you can stimulate hair growth.
Some proponents of alternative medicine argue that an alternative method of treatment is effective in improving the condition of the skin, in other words, urine therapy for the face is a useful and necessary procedure. It is believed that urine for a long time eliminates acne and acne. This problem is relevant, first of all, for young people, since rashes on the skin cause them a lot of discomfort.
To solve the problem, you need to treat the problem areas with a cotton pad soaked in urine and rinse your face with water after a quarter of an hour. A couple of repeated procedures - and in a few days from acne there will be no trace.
Washing
The third variation in urine treatment is rinsing with “processed” fluid from the nostrils, auricles, anus.
It should be emphasized that adherents of urinotherapy have developed a detailed classification system for the varieties of the fluid in question.
Is urine useful?
It should be noted that the urine of infants is highly acidic. Proponents of this treatment method argue that it is useful to take such urine both internally and externally. Moreover, it perfectly cleanses the intestines, from this point of view, the urine of newborns is an integral component of an enema. There is also an opinion that, with the help of urinotherapy, you can get rid of infectious diseases, including sexually transmitted infections.
Which urine is good to drink and which is not?
Experts in the field of the above method of treatment claim that for adults (35 to 60 years old) it is advisable to use only liquid obtained from people aged 18 to 30 years. At the same time, they strongly recommend using urine of a person of the same gender as the patient.
As for the urine of the elderly, it is better not to use it at all, since it does not have any useful properties.
Note that the content of hormones in the “processed” liquid directly depends on what gender a person belongs to. Adherents of the theory of urine treatment do not tire of repeating that the patient's use of urine obtained from a person of the opposite sex is fraught with adverse health consequences.
It turns out that for medicinal purposes, you can use only baby urine, in which the percentage of hormones is relatively small.
Here is such a delicate matter - urinotherapy. Reviews decided on such experiments contain conflicting information regarding the results of treatment. Some even argue that such a method is akin to placebo. In addition, experts emphasize that even in the case of using the safest product, which is children's urine, it is necessary to adhere to certain rules and schemes. So, if an adult patient and a child are representatives of different sexes, then the course of treatment should not last more than three months.
Is the urine of a pregnant woman good?
So, we found out in which cases you can resort to such a method of alternative medicine as urinotherapy. The treatment of many diseases is subject to this technique. In any case, so say the proponents of this method. Moreover, they claim that urine can even defeat cancer. At the same time, the urine of a pregnant woman is used as a healing agent. Due to the content of amino acids, cortisol and other vitamins in its composition, this fluid also contributes to the formation of blood cells.
Is “boiled off product” useful?
The experts of urinotherapy are confident in the benefits of the so-called “stripped off” urine, which is obtained as a result of heat treatment. The liquid is evaporated in a metal container until its volume is reduced by four times. It is believed that such a product can get rid of a whole complex of ailments and pathologies.
Why treatment fails
Of course, one should not unconditionally believe that urinotherapy, reviews of which may be the most positive, is a panacea for all ills. Negative results, and, accordingly, comments are observed quite often.
And one of the reasons for inefficiency is precisely the use of the product described in the previous paragraph. Everything is very simple. During heat treatment, water evaporates, and as a result, an exorbitant amount of salts and steroids is formed, which leads to an imbalance of a hormonal nature. In addition, the use of urine increases the risk of infections.
In conclusion, we note that the effectiveness of the described method of treatment has not been proven, therefore, when choosing it, safety precautions should be observed.