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'''Cow urine''', also referred to as '''gomutra''' or '''gaumutra''' ([[Sanskrit]]: {{lang|sa|गोमूत्र}} ''{{IAST|Gōmūtra}}''; cow urine) is used for therapeutic purposes in ancient [[Ayurvedic medicine]].<ref name="SahasrabudheMahatme2000">{{cite book|author1=N. H. Sahasrabudhe|author2=R. D. Mahatme|title=Mystic Science of Vastu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQdaR0hZm9oC&pg=PA68|accessdate=6 January 2015|year=2000|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-207-2206-4|page=68}}</ref><ref name="Sairam2008">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZNtAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT311|title=The Penguin Dictionary of Alternative Medicine|author=T V Sairam|date=16 January 2008|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-127-9|location=|page=311|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref> Urine of a pregnant cow is considered special; it is claimed to contain special hormones and minerals.<ref name="SahasrabudheMahatme2000" />
'''Cow urine''' is used for therapeutic purposes in ancient [[Ayurvedic medicine]].<ref name="SahasrabudheMahatme2000">{{cite book|author1=N. H. Sahasrabudhe|author2=R. D. Mahatme|title=Mystic Science of Vastu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQdaR0hZm9oC&pg=PA68|accessdate=6 January 2015|year=2000|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-207-2206-4|page=68}}</ref><ref name="Sairam2008">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZNtAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT311|title=The Penguin Dictionary of Alternative Medicine|author=T V Sairam|date=16 January 2008|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-127-9|location=|page=311|accessdate=6 January 2015}}</ref> Urine of a pregnant cow is considered special; it is claimed to contain special hormones and minerals.<ref name="SahasrabudheMahatme2000" />


Cow urine is also used in folk medicine in [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]] and [[Nigeria]].
Cow urine is also used in folk medicine in [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]] and [[Nigeria]].

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Cow urine

Cow urine is used for therapeutic purposes in ancient Ayurvedic medicine.[1][2] Urine of a pregnant cow is considered special; it is claimed to contain special hormones and minerals.[1]

Cow urine is also used in folk medicine in India, Myanmar, Nepal and Nigeria.

Claimed benefits and usage

In religious rituals

Some Hindus claim that cow urine has a special significance as a medicinal drink.[3][4] The sprinkling of cow urine is said to have a spiritual cleansing effect as well.[5][6] Cattle were a basic economic unit in ancient India, and cows are holy for many Hindus and their slaughter is considered to be sinful.

For pharmaceutical purposes

Cow's urine used as a medical treatment in India. A sick man is held over a cow's hindquarters, so that the cow's urine streams onto his face.

In Ayurveda, Gomutra is claimed to be helpful in the treatment of leprosy, fever, peptic ulcer, liver ailments, anaemia and cancer.[2][7]

Cow urine is also used in Myanmar and Nigeria as a folk medicine.[8][9] In Nigeria, a concoction of leaves of tobacco, garlic and lemon basil juice, rock salt and cow urine is used to treat convulsions in children.[9] This has resulted in the death of several children from respiratory depression.[10]

As a floor cleaner

A floor-cleaning fluid called Gaunyle is marketed by an organisation called Holy Cow Foundation.[11] Maneka Gandhi, Women and Child Development Minister, has proposed that Gaunyle be used instead of Phenyl in government offices.[12] In May 2015, Rajendra Singh Rathore, Medical and Health Minister of Rajasthan, inaugurated a ₹40 million (US$480,000) cow-urine refinery in Jalore.[13][14] The refinery was set up by Parthvimeda Gau Pharma Pvt. Ltd. which produces a floor cleaner called Gocleaner.[14]

In organic farming

Jeevamrutha storage cans

Gomutra is used as a manure for production of rice.[15] Jeevamrutha is a fertilizer made from a mixture of cow urine, cow dung, jaggery, pulse flour and rhizosphere soil.[16] A mixture of gomutra, custard apple leaves and neem leaves after boiling is said to serve as a biopesticide.[15]

Scientific studies

A 1975 study on mice found that cow urine causes death in high doses.[17] A similar 1976 study on dogs showed that repeated administration of cow urine concoction as used in Nigerian folk medicine, resulted in hypotension and tachypnea, and also death.[18] A 2001 study found prions in detectable amount in the urine of cows suffering from bovine spongiform encephalopathy.[19] However, in a 2012 study published in the journal Ancient Science of Life, researchers stated that "this study supports the traditional use of Gomutra Ark [a cow urine product] in diabetes".[20] Moreover, a 2013 study in the International Brazilian Journal of Urology claimed that distilled cow urine could help to prevent the development of kidney stones in rats.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b N. H. Sahasrabudhe; R. D. Mahatme (2000). Mystic Science of Vastu. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 978-81-207-2206-4. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b T V Sairam (16 January 2008). The Penguin Dictionary of Alternative Medicine. Penguin Books Limited. p. 311. ISBN 978-93-5118-127-9. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ Ben Burrows (13 January 2014). "Pictured: A very few Indian Hindu worshippers drink COW URINE to help prevent cancer". Mirror. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. ^ Dean Nelson (11 February 2009). "India makes cola from cow urine". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Kamadhenu Sutra". Outlook India. 10 March 2003. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Teachers "purify" students with cow urine". Reuters. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Cow urine aids treatment of cancer, asthma?". The Economic Times. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  8. ^ "An amazing cow's urine therapy practice in Myanmar" (Document). University of Toyama. hdl:10110/1993.
  9. ^ a b "Effects of cow urine concoction and nicotine on the nerve-muscle preparation in common African toad Bufo regularis". Biomedical Research. 16 (3): 205–211. 2005.
  10. ^ "Don't use cow urine to treat infant epilepsy, Kwara warns mothers". Premium Times. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Use cow urine to clean offices, says Maneka Gandhi". The Times of India. 25 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Cow urine cleaner to replace phenyl in government offices". India Today. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Cow-urine refinery inaugurated at Jalore". Deccan Herald. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Cow urine to be used to clean Rajasthan government hospitals". India Today. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Farmer cultivates paddy with cow urine, dung". The Hindu. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  16. ^ T. Satyanarayana; Bhavdish Narain Johri; Anil Prakash (2 January 2012). Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture and Biotechnology. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 63. ISBN 978-94-007-2214-9. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  17. ^ DD Oyebola; RA Elegbe (1975). "Cow's urine poisoning in Nigeria. Experimental observations in mice". Tropical and Geographical Medicine. 27 (2): 194–202. PMID 1179485.
  18. ^ R. A. Elegbe; D. D. O. Oyebola (1977). "Cow's urine poisoning in Nigeria: cardiorespiratory effects of cow's urine in dogs". Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 71 (2): 127–132. doi:10.1016/0035-9203(77)90076-1. PMID 877988.
  19. ^ GM Shaked; Y Shaked; Z Kariv-Inbal; M Halimi (2001). "A protease-resistant prion protein isoform is present in urine of animals and humans affected with prion diseases". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (34): 31479–31482. doi:10.1074/jbc.c100278200. PMID 11423531. Retrieved 29 March 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  20. ^ a b Contributor 2014-01-13T18:26:41Z, Marc Lallanilla-Live Science. "Udder Nonsense? Cow Urine Promoted for Health Benefits". livescience.com. Retrieved 30 December 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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