Just wondering
2006-08-06 05:09:36 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
If they have to survive and theres no water they will drink their own urine to prevent further dehydration.
"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."
2006-08-06 05:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, Gandhi reportedly drank his urine every morning. It is reported that more than three million Chinese drink their own urine in the belief it is good for their health. This is folk medicine. The Old Testament speaks of the habit as imposed by lack of water.
Urine therapy refers to one of several uses of urine to prevent or cure sickness, to enhance beauty, or to cleanse one's bowels. Remember WaterWorld with Kevin Costner? It is said that devotees drink the midstream of their morning urine. And some --prefer it straight and steaming hot; while others mix it with juice or serve it over fruit. Urine drops mixed with a tablespoon of water applied sublingually (under the tongue) several times a day is another method. Some wash themselves in their own golden fluid to improve their skin quality. Can you believe it?
Many modern Japanese women are said to engage in urine bathing, and the truly daring may use their own urine as an enema. Urine is not quite the breakfast of champions, but it is the elixir of choice of a number of holy men in India where drinking urine has been practiced for thousands of years.
Urine is said to be effective against: the flu, the common cold, broken bones, toothache, dry skin, psoriasis and all other skin problems. It is said to deter aging and is helpful with AIDS, allergies, animal and snake bites, asthma, heart disease, hypertension, burns, cancer, chemical intoxication, chicken pox, enteritis, constipation, and pneumonia. Urine is said to be effective against dysentery, edema, eczema, eye irritation, fatigue, fever, gonorrhea, gout, bloody urine, smallpox, immunological disorders, infections, infertility, baldness, insomnia, jaundice, hepatitis, Kaposi's sarcoma, leprosy, lymphatic disorder, urticaria, morning sickness, hangover, obesity, papilloma virus, parasitoses, gastric ulcer, rheumatism, birthmarks, stroke, congestion, lumbago, typhus, gastritis, depression, cold sore, tuberculosis, tetanus, Parkinson's disease, foot fungus, and diabetes and other endocrine related diseases. Seems rather like a desperate choice to me.
I must admit I never knew all this…good question! However, I know I will most likely pass on this remedy!!!
2006-08-06 13:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by 4demi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had NO idea that anybody did! That's gross. Lost in the middle of a desert, dying of thirst, maybe. But I can't think of any other reason why anyone WOULD. I hope you are making this up. At any rate, I don't want to think about THAT anymore. Thank you, and have a nice day.
2006-08-06 12:17:40 · answer #3 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've never heard of anyone doing that, only the old coach star guy in Dodgeball said he drank his urine hahaha
2006-08-06 12:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by Kat 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wrong... if you drink your own urine you get even more dehydrated, it works the oposite way :(
2006-08-06 12:16:41 · answer #5 · answered by mchav83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are weird, personally I would rather drink my off urine
2006-08-06 12:14:49 · answer #6 · answered by ironcityveteran 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
eeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
THAT IS SICK WHO WOULD DO THAT
Some people in the east think that if they drink their own urine that they will be cured of a disease or something like that
2006-08-06 12:12:55 · answer #7 · answered by niki 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
who do you know that drinks their urine?
2006-08-06 13:01:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gross...some say its good for you, i don`t know why.
There was an actress who was famous for drinking her own, i think her name was Sarah Miles.
2006-08-06 12:15:01 · answer #9 · answered by Julie1977 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW EW
THAT IS TOTALLY GROSS!
maybe some people think if they drink it, then they'll get the taste of the delicious drink they just had, but I don't think so, and that is DISGUSTING!
2006-08-06 12:14:51 · answer #10 · answered by tewsimple 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋