You will probably never see this medicine at your nearest pharmacy, but a Hindu group in India is popularizing the practice of drinking cow urine to cure serious illnesses like cancer, diabetes and tuberculosis.

Since the miracle doesn't come for free, it's not any cow pee that has worked. According to local belief, you need to collect urine from virgin animals and before sunrise. So there's no point in running around to drink the pee of the first cow that appears in front of you! Make sure first that she is still a maiden.

The use of cow urine as an alternative in the treatment of serious diseases dates back to the dawn of Ayurvedic medicine, a form of ancient knowledge in India and one of the earliest medicinal systems of mankind.

Of course no one is going to drink pee without guarantee of results, although we can argue that anything goes to restore the health of the body. In this case, the power of believing its benefits and the science of the components present in the urine of virgin cows is worth as much.

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The popularization of "drink" in India has led to the development of a type of soda that uses cow urine as its base. Called Gomutra Ark, the product is seen as a healthy alternative to Coke, Pepsi and other derivatives, and has also become a symbol against the consumption of western industrialists.

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Because of its miraculous and health-promoting values, virgin cow peeing has come to be called “cow water” as a less disgusting and more natural sounding way. Of course, because that's what was missing for the product to fall into popular taste!

Medicinal Benefits

Despite the fervent popular belief in the powers of cow pee, the scientific community is more skeptical of the benefits of drinking urine to fight disease. Doctors have warned that there is no property in the "drink" that helps treat or prevent cancer.

However, the results with "cow water" were more promising in cases of diabetes. Tests with laboratory rats indicated a low blood sugar level in animals fed Gomutra Ark.

Although it does not represent a cure or miraculous effects on drinkers, virgin cow urine can have therapeutic benefits and can be safely used by patients. And even the Brazilian urology journal published a result last year indicating that distilled cow urine helped prevent the development of kidney stones in mice.

Best Pee

It may still seem too little to convince you to drink this wonder of the sacred animal of the Hindus. Therefore, creating variations that use only the material as a base, in the form of juices or sodas, can be a solution to fool the taste.

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Proponents of the pee's medicinal power, however, find that distilling or processing urine removes its nutrients and its healing capacity. Admittedly, adding sugar or other industrialized ingredients would eliminate all the studied and reported benefits of cow water.

Thus, the natural urine of virgin cows in all the glory, stink, and loathing of the mornings must be destined even to the sick who seek an alternative to their sufferings. For those who are not looking for a cure or a miracle solution to drink milk again.