Urine therapy is a specialized branch of alternative medicine. Any sort of oral or external application of human urine for medicinal purposes falls into this category. Promoters of urine therapy believe urine to have many curative powers. Some cultures, especially Indian, have traditionally used urine as a medicine. According to one theory, this perhaps dates to a time when the Amanita muscaria mushroom was used as Soma in Vedic rituals. The psychoactive alkaloids of the mushroom are passed unchanged in human urine, leading to ...

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Urine Therapy

The use of urine as a healing or therapeutic agent. See (Urine Therapy)

(See also: Urine Therapy, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

urine therapy (amaroli, auto-urine-therapy, shivambu kalpa, uropathy): Subject of The Water of Life (1937), by English urine therapist John W. Armstrong, The Golden Fountain: The Complete Guide to Urine Therapy (Scottsdale, Ariz.: TriMedica Inc., 1996), by Coen van der Kroon, and many other books.

Urine therapy refers to any method for maintaining or improving health characterized by the external or internal application of an individual's urine to that individual. Forms of urine therapy include applying urine to the skin (e.g., by massage or clay packs), ingesting it, injecting it (e.g., urine enemas), and snuffing it. Some proponents describe human urine as a divine nectar, a nectar of immortality, or a God-given panacea.

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Shivambu is the name given by some practitioners of urine therapy. It is reputed to have amazing healing properties, especially for those with illnesses. There are some people who are skeptical of this practice. Many people consider it a taboo and very repulsive. Urine is a sterile, saline liquid which is known to have benificial chemicals and minerals which can be used internally or externally. For internal use a few drops in a glass of water can be used until adjusted to the taste. Shuvambu or urine t ...

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Urine is liquid waste excreted by the kidneys and is produced by the process of filtration. This waste is eventually expelled from the body in a process known as urination. Most commonly the excretion of urine serves for flushing waste molecules collected from the blood by the kidneys, and for the homeostasis of the body liquids; however, many species also use it for olfactory communication. Urine and urination have many slang names, including "wee". Urine - Composition. Urine is a transparent soluti ...

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Quackery is the practice of promoting medicine which lacks evidence of effectiveness. The word derives from quacksalver, an archaic word originally of Dutch origin (spelled kwakzalver in contemporary Dutch), meaning "boaster who applies a salve." It is often difficult to distinguish between those who knowingly promote unproven medical therapies and those who are mistaken as to their effectiveness. In libel cases in US courts against people who accused others of being guilty of quackery, the co ...

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A Bili Light is a phototherapy tool to treat newborn jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia) which in higher levels causes brain damage Kernicterus leading to cerebral palsy, auditory neuropathy, gaze abnormalities and dental enamel hypoplasia. The therapy uses a blue light that converts bilirubin so that it can be excreted in the urine and feces. Soft eye shields are placed on the baby to protect their eyes from damage tha ...

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Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, featuring inflammation of the liver. The clinical signs and prognosis, as well as the therapy, depend on the cause. Hepatitis - Signs and symptoms. Hepatitis is characterised by fatigue, malaise, joint aches, abdominal pain, vomiting 2-3 times per day for the first 5 days, loss of appetite, dark urine, fever, hepatomegaly (enlarged liver) and jaundice (icterus). Some chronic forms of hepatitis show very few of these signs and only present when the longstanding inf ...

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• Hepatitis - Cholestatic
• Hepatitis - Autoimmune
• Hepatitis - Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency
• Hepatitis - Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

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Urine is a transparent solution that is clear to amber in color, and usually is light yellow. It is the byproduct or waste fluid secreted by the kidneys, transported by the ureters to the urinary bladder where it is stored until it is voided through the urethra. Urine is made up of a watery solution of metabolic wastes (such as urea), dissolved salts and organic materials. Fluid and materials being filtered by the kidneys, destined to become urine, comes from the blood or interstitial fluid. The composition of urine is adjusted in the proces ...

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Urine, Urine - Composition, Urine - Function, Urine - Other uses, Urine - History

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Urination is the primary method for excreting chemicals and drugs from the body. These chemicals can be detected and analysed by urinalysis. In cases of kidney or urinary tract infection (UTI) the urine will contain bacteria, but otherwise urine is virtually sterile and nearly odorless when it leaves the body. However, after that, bacteria that contaminate the urine will convert chemicals in the urine into smelling chemicals that are responsible for the distinctive odor of stale urine; in particul ...

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Urine, Urine - Composition, Urine - Function, Urine - Other uses, Urine - History

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Aztec physicians used urine to clean external wounds to prevent infection, and administered it as a drink to relieve stomach and intestine problems. The ancient Romans used urine as a bleaching agent for cleaning clothes and even isolated reports as a teeth whitener (supposedly originating in what is now Spain). In Siberia, to communicate with the spirits, the Koryak people drank the urine of another who has consumed fly agaric (an entheogenic mushroom that is occasionally fatally poisonous), or of one who has in turn drunk uri ...

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Urine is the byproduct or waste fluid secreted by the kidneys, transported by the ureters to the urinary bladder where it is stored until it is voided through the urethra. It is a transparent solution that is clear to amber in color, and usually is light yellow. Urine is made up of a watery solution of metabolic wastes (such as urea), dissolved salts and organic materials. Fluid and materials being filtered by the kidneys, destined to become urine, comes from the blood or interstitial fluid. The composition of urine is adjusted in the proces ...

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Urine, Urine - Composition, Urine - Function, Urine - Other uses, Urine - History

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Aztec physicians used urine to clean external wounds to prevent infection, and administered it as a drink to relieve stomach and intestine problems. The ancient Romans used urine as a bleaching agent for cleaning clothes and even isolated reports as a teeth whitener (supposedly originating in what is now Spain). In Siberia, to communicate with the spirits, the Koryak people drank the urine of another who has consumed fly agaric (an entheogenic mushroom that is occasionally fatally poisonous), or of one who has in turn drunk uri ...

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Urine, Urine - Composition, Urine - Function, Urine - Other uses, Urine - Source of Medication, Urine - History

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It has been suggested that when a person is in desert survival or surrounded by water and devoid of drinking water that the person must resort to drinking his own urine if it is the only liquid available. This technique has been said to extend life from one to two extra days but evidence remains sparse. Contrary to that notion is that drinking urine may actually increase the speed of dehydration because of certain bodily toxins and salinity in the urine. Aron Ralston claims to have used the technique when trapped for ...

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Drinking urine, Drinking urine - Medical, Drinking urine - Survival, Drinking urine - Alternative medicine/Practices

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Urine is the byproduct or waste fluid secreted by the kidneys, transported by the ureters to the urinary bladder where it is stored until it is voided through the urethra. It is a transparent solution that is clear to amber in color, and usually is light yellow. Urine is made up of a watery solution of metabolic wastes (such as urea), dissolved salts and organic materials. Fluid and materials being filtered by the kidneys, destined to become urine, comes from the blood or interstitial fluid. The composition of urine is adjusted in the proces ...

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Urine, Urine - Composition, Urine - Function, Urine - Other uses, Urine - Source of Medication, Urine - History

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Urination is the primary method for excreting chemicals and drugs from the body. These chemicals can be detected and analysed by urinalysis. In cases of kidney or urinary tract infection (UTI) the urine will contain bacteria, but otherwise urine is virtually sterile and nearly odorless when it leaves the body. However, after that, bacteria that contaminate the urine will convert chemicals in the urine into smelling chemicals that are responsible for the distinctive odor of stale urine; in particul ...

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Urine, Urine - Composition, Urine - Function, Urine - Other uses, Urine - Source of Medication, Urine - History

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Proponents of urine therapy claim that urine is very effective at killing athlete's foot. Urea, the "active ingredient" in urine, is already used in many drugs and treatments made by pharmaceutical companies to treat athlete's foot. This controversial treatment method recommends urinating on the infected area once a day in the shower. According to supporters, urine therapy not only kills existing fungi, ...

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Athlete's foot, Athlete's foot - Causes, Athlete's foot - Classification by area, Athlete's foot - Growth environment, Athlete's foot - Symptoms, Athlete's foot - Treatment, Athlete's foot - Remedies and folklore

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saw palmetto berry: used primarily for urination problems in benign prostate hyperplasia stages 1 and 2.

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Patients are referred to nephrology specialists for various different reasons, such as : Acute renal failure, a sudden loss of renal function Chronic renal failure; another doctor has detected symptoms of declining renal function, often a rise in creatinine. Hematuria (blood loss in the urine) Proteinuria the loss of protein espeically albumin in the urine Kidney stones Cancer of the kidney, mostly renal cell carcinoma but this is usually the domain of the urologist Chro ...

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Nephrology, Nephrology - Scope of the specialty, Nephrology - Who sees a nephrologist?, Nephrology - Diagnosis, Nephrology - Therapy

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Comfortable Medicine (Kai Igaku, Medicina Agradable, Pleasant Medicine): A health system of Japanese origin. It encompasses herbal treatment, the Life Energy Test, Sotai, and urine therapy.

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