Cow Urine, Gomutra
Gomutra (Ayurveda)
Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563,
Zoological name:
Bos taurus and related
Parts used:
Urine
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter and Salty
Constituents:
Water (95%), Urea (2.5%)
Minerals: iron, calcium, phosphorus, nitrogen, ammonia, manganese, iron, sulfur, phosphates, potassium salts; Gold has been found in the amount of 3–10mg per liter in the Gir breed of Cow in India.
Enzymes (inc. urokinase)
Phenols (gallic, caffeic, ferulic, o-coumaric, cinnamic, salicylic acids)
Lactose, allantoin, Peptides, Hormones
Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-classically listed against Poison
-Fevers: Burning, Intermittent, Pestilential, Putrid (Salmon)
-Leprosy (Ayurveda)
-proven antimicrobial effect
-enhances effectiveness of antibiotics and some chemotherapy drugs (eg. Taxol against Breast Cancer)
2. Opens Obstructions, Promotes Urine:
-Edema, obstructed or stopped Urine (Salmon)
-Kidney Stones
-Obesity
-Jaundice (Salmon)
-obstinate Abdominal diseases including Ascites, and also for Spleen disease. (Tibetan Medicine)
-distilled Cow Urine is also used for Obesity, Edema and Ascites.
3. Kills Worms:
-classically listed for Worms
-proven anthelmintic effect
4. Settles Wind, Stops Spasms:
-Paralysis, Apoplexy, Vertigo, Lethargy, Epilepsy
5. Rasayana (Tonic to the 7 Tissues):
-increases Blood in Anemia
-Diabetes (Ayurveda)
-aphrodisiac and enhances Fertility; Female Sterility
6. Yogavahi:
-enhances the effects of medicines it is combined with
-proven bio-enhancer effect (distillate is most effective)
7. Used in Pharmacy and Alchemy
-widely used in Ayurveda for preparation of medicines;
-Aconite is steeped in Cow urine for 3 days to prepare it.
–Guggulu (Bdellium) can be prepared by being boiled in Dola Yantra with Cow Urine
-Datura seeds are purified after soaking in Cow Urine for 12 hours
-Anacardium (Semecarpus) is also detoxified when treated with Cow Urine
-used in Rasasastra (Indian Alchemy) to prepare metals and minerals
-metals or minerals may be quenched in Cow Urine
8. Externally:
-Ulcers, Fistula
-dropped into the ears for Earache and Deafness (Salmon)
-Sores and Ulcers of the Mouth (Salmon)
Dose:
Note that distilled Cow Urine is more pleasant to take and just as effectual for most indications.
Cow Urine: 10–25 mls is a common dose, although some advocate a cupful.
Distilled Cow Urine: 100–250 mls per day.
Spirit of Cow Urine: 1 scruple–half dram
Salt of Cow Urine: 10 grains–1 scruple
Comment:
Distilled Cow Urine (Gomutra Ark) can be used similarly to Cow Urine, but is to be preferred. It is sterile, doesn’t have the taste of urine, and has a longer shelf life. It is principally used to reduce Phlegm humor (Kapha), for Edema and Obesity, but it has the same uses as Cow Urine.
Main Combinations:
1. Fever, Cow Urine, Black Pepper, Ghee
2. Obesity, Chebula powder triturated with Cow Urine three times is used for Obesity in conjunction with diet and exercise.
3. Anemia, Cow Urine, Triphala, Milk
4. Leprosy:
i. Cow Urine, Barberry bark
ii. Cow Urine, Adhatoda, Neem
5. Diabetes, Shilajit triturated three times with Cow Urine is used for Diabetes.
6. Epilepsy, Cow Urine, Barberry bark
Major Formulas:
Panchagavya Ghirta
Water extract of fresh Cow Dung
Cow Milk
Cow’s Milk Curd
Cow Urine 3 liters each
Ghee 760 grams
Fresh Cow Dung is mixed with an equal amount of water and stirred well, then strained through muslin cloth to make the Water extract of Cow dung.
Then heat the milk in a stainless steel vessel, gradually adding the other ingredients while stirring well. Heat for 3 hours stirring constantly and maintaining a temperature between 50–90 degrees C. Remove from the heat and allow to sit overnight. Heat the next day until the froth subsides and filter through muslin cloth while hot. Put into glass jars and protect from light and moisture.
Used for Fever, Jaundice, Menopausal syndrome, Epilepsy and Insanity.
Dose: 12 grams daily in divided doses. (API)
Cautions:
None noted
Main Preparations used:
Gomutra Arka (Distilled Cow Urine)
1. Evaluation of antidiabetic, antioxidant effect and safety profile of gomutra ark in Wistar albino rats
2. An observational pilot study on the effect of Gomutra Haritaki, diet control and exercise in the management of Sthaulya (obesity)
3. A comparative clinical study of Asanadi Ghanavati and Gomutra Haritaki in Kapha Medo Margavarana (dyslipidemia)
4. Cow therapy as an alternative to antibiotics, N Garg, RS Chauhan – Indian Science Congress, 2003
5. Cow Urine Concentrate : A potent agent with Antimicrobial and Anthelmintic activity
6. Antitoxic and Bioenhancing role of Kamdhenu ark (Cow urine distillate) on fertilitty rate of male mice (mus musculus) affected by cadmium Chloride Toxicity
7. Chemotherapeutic potential of cow urine: A review
-broad-spectrum antibacterial against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria; also against some drug-resistant bacteria; proven effective against E. coli, Salmonella typhi, Proteus vulgaris, S. aureus, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fragi, Streptococcus agalactiae, Enterobacter aerogenes, Aeromonas hydrophila, Micrococcus luteus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptomyces aureofaciens, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, Leishmania donovani
-shown comparable to ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, nalidixic acid, rifampicin, tetracycline, streptomycin, cefpodoxime and gentamycin
-antifungal (esp. due to the phenol content) against Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus, Malassezia, C. tropicalis and C. glabrata
-antiseptic
-anthelmintic
-immune-enhancer; enhances phagocytosis; reduces apoptosis of lymphocytes; inreases humoral and cell-mediated immunity.
-antioxidant, free-radical scavenger
-antineoplastic
8. Cow urine distillate as bioenhancer
–increases B- and T-lymphocyte blastogenesis
-IgG, IgA and IgM activity
-increases interleukin-1 and interleukin-2
-enhances phagocytic activity of macrophages
-antimicrobial (due to urea and creatinine and phenols)
-antioxidant
-fibrinolytic (due to urokinase)
-Diuretic (due to hippuric acid, uric acid, phosphates)
-Blood purifying (due to nitrogen, sulfur, sodium and calcium)
-promotes Blood formation (iron and erythropoietin)