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Cow Urine - Therapeutic Value
Rajesh Kumar Sahu*, Nelapati Krishnaiah, Putturu Ramya and Poluru Anusha
Department of Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad, INDIA
*Corresponding author: rajeshwarrior32@gmail.com
Rec. Date:
Sep 10, 2016 13:31
Accept Date:
Sep 30, 2016 20:39
Published Online:
October 07, 2016
DOI
10.5455/ijlr.20160930083917
Abstract
Cow is believed as gift of god for the people. Now a day’s several diseases are occurring to human
societies which are incurable. Cow urine is panacea of all diseases and used for the treatment of
diseases like blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, skin disorder, constipation, AIDS etc. Cow urine contains
all the substances which are present in human body. Consumption of cow urine helps in maintaining the
balance of body constituents as well as curing of several diseases.
Key words: Cow Urine, Diseases, Therapeutic, Cancer
How to cite: Sahu, R. K., Krishnaiah, N., Ramya, P. & Anusha, P. (2016) Cow Urine - Therapeutic
Value. International Journal of Livestock Research, 6 (11), 93- 99. doi:10.5455/ijlr.20160930083917
Introduction
Cow is the most valuable animal in all Veda and it is called mother of all. The vital products we get from
cow: urine, dung, milk, ghee and curd. These five ingredients are called as panchagawya and it is given to
mother after she delivers the baby. Cow is a mobile dispensary. It is the treasure of medicines. The cow
urine therapy is capable of curing several curable and incurable diseases. The holy texts like Atharva
Veda, Charak Samhita, Rajni Ghuntu, Vridhabhagabhatt, Amritasagar, Bhavprakash, Sushrut Samhita
contain beautiful description about these things. The Indian culture gives special place to cow. A total of
33 gods accompanied with cow. The cow takes very less from us and gives us more. Therefore Indian
people have proved this with the help of strict devotion and dedication that cow has a prominent place in
the Indian life and economy. Wealth, religion, sex and salvation are accomplished with the service of the
cow. Indian farmer used to known as king or the giver of grains due to the developed tradition of India
thousands of years back. Our entire life is dependent on cow. A black cow is tied in the Shiva temple,
when we see the Shiva along with the black cow then we are able to overcome the malefic effects of
planets in our natal horoscope. When we see the ankles of the cow we protect ourselves from sudden
deaths. Taking rounds of the cow ie. Parikrama, is equivalent to visiting all the holy places. As the Pipal
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tree and holy basil plant give oxygen similarly cow is the only animal, which emits major amount of
oxygen. If one spoon of pure ghee is poured on the burning cow dung cakes (fuel) then they can produce
one-ton oxygen, therefore ghee made with cow milk is used in sacrificial fires and havans. There is no
other better method to remove pollution. One of the most vital excretory products from mother cow is
urine which is the most powerful medicines for various diseases. The cow urine contains all the essential
elements that maintain proper balance between Vaata, Pitta and Kapha. Cow urine is also known as water
of life and Amrita due to its importance in medical field. It contains a number of vital components that is
required to maintain the health and prevents the body from various disorders.
Components of Cow Urine
The cow urine mainly contains water (95%), urea & Mineral salts (2.5%), Hormones and Enzymes
(2.5%). The biochemical estimation of cow urine has shown that it contains sodium, nitrogen, sulphur,
Vitamin A, B, C, D, E, minerals, manganese, iron, silicon, chlorine, magnesium, citric, succinic, calcium
salts, phosphate, lactose, carbolic acid, enzymes, creatinine and hormones. Any deficiency or excess of
these substances inside the body causes disorders. Cow urine contains all of these substances with having
a balanced proximate composition. Therefore, consumption of cow urine restores the balance of these
substances and thus helps in curing from incurable diseases.
Therapeutic Uses of Cow Urine
1. Cow urine maintains level of mucous, bile and air thus protects body against various diseases.
2. Cow urine contains all the nutrients which are required for proper health maintenance.
3. In Ayurveda cow urine is called as Madhya and Hridya means it protects heart and brain from
damaged caused by mental tension.
4. Cow urine eliminates drug residue from the body and prevents the poisonous effect of the drug
residue.
5. Electric current maintains body health. Electric current present in environment, human being
receives electric current in form of small currents through copper. Cow urine contains copper thus
it plays a role in providing a healthy body.
6. Cow urine provides mode of goodness thus helps to make the mind active and stress free.
7. Cow urine has major poisonous destroyer activity thus it prevents the disease due to poisonous
intake and help to remove and purify the chemical toxin.
1) Purification and Detoxification
Cow urine acts as antitoxin. Cow urine plays a major role in the purification and detoxification of many
drugs.
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2) Anticancer Therapy
Cow urine therapy has a long history. It is recognized as ‘water of life’ or “Amrita” (beverages of
immortality), the nectar of the God in Vedas, sacred Hindu writing, which is said to be the oldest books in
Asia. In India, drinking of cow urine has been practiced for thousands of years. It has also been
experimentally proved that among all sorts of urines, the urine of the Indian cows is most effective and
interestingly almost nil or few medicinal properties with regards to immune modulation are present in the
urine of crossbred, exotic cows and buffaloes. The immune modulatory property of indigenous cow urine
is due to the presence of a “Rasayan” which has been found absent in urine of other animals on HPLC
analysis. Cow urine possesses anti-cancer properties. Distilled cow urine protects DNA and repairs it
rapidly as observed after damage due to pesticides. It protects chromosomal aberrations by mitocycin in
human leukocyte. Cow urine helps the lymphocytes to survive and not to commit suicide (apoptosis). The
free radicals cause damage to various tissues and attack enzymes, fat and proteins disrupting normal cell
activities or cell membranes, producing a chain reaction of destruction leading to the ageing process of a
person. By regular use of cow urine one can get the charm of a youth as it prevents free radicals
formation. Cow urine efficiently repairs the damaged DNA, thus can be very effective for the cancer
prevention and therapy, and can also reduce the spread of malignant cancers and help fighting tumors.
3) Antimicrobial Property
Bacterial infections are an emerging problem worldwide, especially in developing countries, such as
India. Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus, are mainly responsible for postoperative
wound infection, toxic shock syndrome, scaled skin syndrome, septicemia, endocarditis, osteomyelitis,
and food poisoning. Streptococcus pneumoniae causes lobar pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, bronchitis,
endocarditic, sinusitis, and conjunctivitis. Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli, which resides in human
intestine, causes lower urinary tract infection, cholecystitis or septicemia, and another strain, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, causes chest infections, urinary infections and wound infections. Various antibiotics are
available on the market to treat the bacterial infectious diseases by working on various targets to inhibit
pathogen growth. Gram positive and gram-negative bacteria can be inhibited by antibiotics viz.
Chloramphenicol, Nalidixic acid, Rifampicin and Ampicillin, either by blocking protein, DNA, RNAs or
peptidoglycan synthesis respectively. However, the development of bacterial resistance to presently
available antibiotics enforces the search for new antibacterial agents. WHO emphasized research for
natural components from herbal medicines to find new antibacterial agents. Therefore, to combat the
problem of microbial infection and drug resistance new alternative of synthetic drugs have been explored,
though antimicrobial activities of so many natural products have been explored. But very few reports
available on antimicrobial activity of cow urine. In spite of the fact that the cow urine has great
pharmacological importance and has great aesthetic and medicinal value though its utility has been
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mentioned in holy texts of Indian literature. Cow urine has certain volatile and nonvolatile components,
which might have very high antimicrobial activity16. After photo activation and purification cow urine
was made free from microbes and it gains massive toxic potential to kill drug resistant bacterial strains.
4) Antioxidant effect
Volatile fatty acids are present in the cow urine which acts as antioxidant. In redistillate cow urine the
concentration of volatile fatty acids is about 1500mg/dl. Antioxidants protects cell against the effect of
free radical. Free radicals are produced due to exposure of tobacco, smoke and radiation. Free radical may
damage cell and cause heart and cancer disease. Antioxidant effect of cow urine may support the patient
for prevention and treatment of the diseases.
5) Antidiabetic Effect
Cow urine reduces the blood sugar level. The most probable mechanism of action is that it increases the
glucose transport across cell membrane thus it increases peripheral glucose utilization. It increases
glycogen synthesis from glucose, and also increases insulin release from beta cells of pancreas. Cow urine
enhances sensitivity of insulin receptor, decreases insulin resistance, and decrease insulin absorption from
intestine. Various herbal metabolites are present in cow urine which produces anti hyperglycaemic effect.
6) Cardiovascular Disorder, Wound Healing and Skin Disorder
The cow urine contains various components responsible for proper working of CVS system. Kallikrein
acts as a vasodilator reduces the risk of hypertension. Enzyme Urokinase acts as a fibrinolytic agent,
Ammonia maintains the structural integrity of the blood corpuscles, Nitrogen, sulfur, sodium and calcium
components act as blood purifiers, while iron and erythropoietin stimulating factor maintain haemoglobin
levels. Cow urine acts as a Diuretic so it is effective in hypertension. The diuretic action can be
determined by urine output and sodium content of the blood before and after administration of the cow
urine. The cow urine contains erythropoietin hormone so it is useful in cure of anaemia. Cow urine
contains volatile salts these salts destroys acidity and reduce the pain in kidney, intestine and womb. The
cow urine provides quick recovery of the wound.
7) Anthelmintic Activity
Cow urine shows marked anthelmintic activity by causing paralysis and death of worms in a dose
dependent manner. Cow urine is also effective against vegetative form of fungi. It was concluded that
cow urine increases antibiotic activity against various pathogens due to its bioenhancing property.
8) As Biopesticide and Bioenhancer
Panchgawya’ made up of five cow products- milk, curd, ghee, urine and dung. It is also used as fertilizers
and pesticides in agricultural operations. As per recent studies cow urine has proved to be an effective
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pest controller and larvicide when used alone and also in combination with different plant preparations by
enhancing the efficacy of different herbal preparations. The recent invention related to cow urine was its
role as a bioenhancer. Distillate cow’s urine is an activity enhancer and availability facilitator for bio
active molecules (antibiotic, antifungal and anticancer drugs). The distillate helps in absorption of
antibiotic across the cell membrane in animal cells, gram positive and gram negative bacteria at 40-50°C,
transport across the gut wall by two to seven times . It also increases the activity of gonadotropin
releasing hormone conjugate with bovine serum albumin (GnRH-BSA) and zinc. The GnRH-BSA
conjugate has a deleterious effect on reproductive hormones and estrous cycles of female mice. So,
concentrated cow urine acts as a bio-enhancer of immunization efficacy to modulate these effects.
9) Anti-Urolithiatic Effect
Cow urine has diuretic and nephroprotective action. It probably exerts its action by reducing oxalate
excretion and by crystallization inhibition.
10) Antiviral activity
2 Phenyl Phenol constituent of urine works as Antimicrobial, Antiviral. For AIDS patient it is useful.
Cow Urine Collection
For collection of the cow urine a healthy cow is selected that fulfill the following 3 criteria-
1. The cow should be healthy and not have any disease. The cow which Roams in jungle, exercises
herself, Drink clean water and grazes grass and medicinal herbs are suitable for urine collection.
2. Jersey and Crossbred cow are not suitable only the Indian traditional cows are suitable for
collection of cow urine.
3. Any age group of cow can be selected for collection of the cow urine. Cow urine may be
collected in Earthen, glass, china clay, and steel pot.
Preservation of Cow Urine
Cow urine never deteriorates when stored for a longer period of time. The colour of the cow urine may
change in either black or red due to copper and iron. The quality of the cow urine remains same and never
changes during storage. After collection of the cow urine the cow urine is photo activated for about 72 to
144 hours to direct sunlight. It is purified by using silica gel G-25 by using chromatography technique.
After this it is passed through two separate columns simultaneously to rid of all precipitated material.
Purified cow urine is stored at 40C. The bacteria and harmful germs not developed in cow urine. For
preservation from the dust cow urine should be covered nicely with neat and clean cloth and cotton.
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Therapeutic Value of Cow Urine According to Composition
S. No.
Name of chemical
1)
Ammonia NH3
2)
Aurum Hydroxide AuOH
3)
Calcium Ca
4)
Carbolic Acid HCOOH
5)
Copper Cu
6)
Creatinin C4HgN2O2
7)
Enzymes
8)
Hipuric Acid CgNgNox
9)
Iron Fe
10)
Lactose C6H12O6
11)
Manganese Mn
12)
Nitrogen N2 ,NH2
13)
Other Minerals
14)
Phosphate P
15)
Potassium K
16)
Salt NaCl
17)
Sodium Na
18)
Sulphur S
19)
Urea CO(NH2)2
20)
Uric Acid C5H4N4O3
21)
Vitamins A,B,C,D,E
22)
Water (H2O)
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Dose of Cow Urine
The general dose of the cow urine is 25ml at a time. Increase in amount cleanses intestine and increase
motion. It provides protection against several diseases and improves immune power if taken on regular
basis.
Adverse Effects
Common side effects of urine therapy include diarrhea, itch, pain, fatigue, soreness of the shoulder, fever,
etc which appears more frequently in patients suffering from long term or more serious illnesses. Each
episode may last 3-7 days, but sometimes it may last for 1-6 months. Hence, some abstain from this
therapy due to such bad episode and others due to the stigma associated with it. If one persists and
overcomes the difficulty, can enjoy the eventual happiness of healthy life. The patients should be
optimistic and realize the natural healing power. Persons suffering from chronic disease who adopt cow
urine in a cheerful manner and with the positive attitude will realize and observe the benefits in their
mental and physical health within a short period of 10 to 15 days.
Conclusion
Go-mutra is the most effective natural remedy and the safest method of treatment bestowed upon us by
nature. Its medical importance has brought forth their efficacy in different phases of life. However, there
is still a need not only to explore further research possibilities but also to stop cow sacrifice across the
world.
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Cow is equated to mother in the Indian tradition and her urine panacea of all diseases. Cow urine is a divine medicine and is used for treatment of diabetes, blood pressure, asthma, psoriasis, eczema, heart attack, blockage in arteries, fits, cancer, AIDS, piles, prostrate, arthritis, migraine, thyroid, ulcer, acidity, constipation, gynaecological problems it is also used as bio-enhancer, increase the nitrogen content of the soil, for better rearing of honey bees, hasten the pubertal age of the heifers exposed to bull's urine and as pesticide and larvicide for the fodder crops. Cow urine contains all substances, which are naturally present in the human body. Thus, consumption of cow urine maintains the balance of these substances and this helps cure incurable diseases. It is natural, eco-friendly with no residual effects, economical and easily available, hence can be harnessed as potential therapeutic agent.
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Vedas describes that cow is a mobile dispensary. It is the treasure of medicines. All the substance obtained from cow like Ghee, Cow milk, Cow urine, Cow dung and curd are used for the treatment of diseases. According to Ayurveda to maintain the healthy life a proper balance is required between Vaata, Pitta and Kapha. The cow urine contains all the essential elements that maintain proper balance between Vaata, Pitta and Kapha. Cow urine is also known as water of life and Amrita due to its importance in medical field. It contains a number of vital components that is required to maintain the health and prevents the body from various disorders. Cow urine and various Its Preparations are used for the treatment of Cancer, AIDS, Diabetes, Asthma, Cough, Arthritis, Viral and Bacterial infection, Heart attack, Blood Pressure, Constipation, Thyroid, Ulcer etc. Cow urine basically increases the immune power of the Body thus it protects the body from viral and bacterial infection. The following Review covers property of cow urine, Importance of cow urine, Therapeutic utility, cow urine preparation, and all adverse effects associated with cow urine therapy. © 2015, International Journal Of Pharmacy and Technology. All Rights Reserved.
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