Drinking Pee...

[zengrifter]

... is good for you. zg

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Drinking Pee

Right up there with choking down roasted human flesh, pee drinking makes the top ten list of things most people would only do if forced by extreme circumstances. To such persons, sipping the salty nectar is merely the last wretched resort of the desperately dehydrated -- i.e. shipwrecked sailors adrift at sea and desert travelers lost amidst the burning sands.

Although inaccurate, the popularity of this image is understandable. After all, here in the U.S. we rarely hear of urine drinking outside the context of survival tales -- prisoners of war, villagers beset by drought, residents of besieged cities. Equally compelling are the stories of those too squeamish to drink the "waters of their own cistern". Too principled (or foolish)to sip their own nectar, they found their end swiftly, usually in two or three days. If a person was unusually strong and in excellent health (and hydration), they might live as long as a week. For children, the survival time was even shorter.

Not surprisingly, in such circumstances our notions about what is and is not appropriate behavior can change abruptly. In the face of pain and suffering, or the death of our loved ones, we find ourselves ready to do whatever is necessary. And regardless of whether the necessary deed is drinking urine or eating bugs (or our own dead friends and relatives), this sudden shift of priorities has the power to transform our deepest held beliefs -- sometimes permanently. That is, once we've crossed the threshold of our inhibitions, we may find there is little reason to return to our previous standards of behavior.

Which may go to explain why, in some cultures, urine drinking is considered perfectly acceptable. At some point in these cultures' development need led to acceptance, and acceptance opened the door to popularization and, ultimately, to ritualization. Thus it was that the indigenous Siberians used their own urine for washing and bathing (see Practical Uses of Pee), native Alaskans used urine as an antiseptic for wounds, and in India and East Africa, tradition-minded people washed (and still do wash) themselves in cow urine (which can be more sterile than some water supplies). Among the 19th century Zuni, the consumption of urine and feces was, at times, elevated to the rank of religious ceremony (see Religious Pee).

...continued here - http://www.rotten.com/library/medici.../drinking-pee/

[zengrifter]

Healing Yourself using Urine
by Flora Peschek-Böhmer Ph.D.,
and Gisela Schreiber

Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.), namesake of the Hippocratic oath, was the first in the Western world to record and teach the practice of uropoty (the drinking of urine). The theory of urine therapy states: In the excreted urine all the body's experiences -- physical and psychological -- are collected. Reintroducing the urine to the body forces the body's immune system to confront the same experiences a second time, which gives it a second incentive to deal with the problem.

Urine functions as a nosode, a small impulse of disease that, when introduced to the body, triggers the healing powers of the immune system. From homeopathy the principle of "healing like with like" is well-known. Today's vaccinations work on the same principle: A small impulse of an illness is introduced to the body to trigger its massive defense mechanism. In the case of immunizations one can obtain protection lasting for decades; when using urine therapy a refreshment is recommended after one year, or sometimes after just half a year.

...continued here - http://www.innerself.com/Health/urine.htm

Drink To Your Health
(from Yoga Journal)

by Blake More

Wealthy French women bathed in it, Chinese doctors used it to soothe sore throats, and now you¾ all squeamishness aside¾ can drink to cure what ails you.

Odds are you’re among the 27 million Americans who recycle. Separating bottles, cans, plastic containers, newspapers, maybe even composting your kitchen and garden scraps, is one of the ways you show respect for your earthly home. But would you be willing to take the act of recycling a step further¾ into the realm of your bodily home¾ if it meant you’d have more energy, a stronger immune system, and an ageless complexion? Of course you would. What if I said you can have all this and more for the mere cost of¾ a cupful of urine? A little hard to swallow? Well, its true. It’s urine therapy (UT), and all it takes is eight ounces a day and an unwavering pledge to throw out some of the distastes you associate with the human filtering system.

...continued here - http://snakelyone.com/URINE.htm

[ScottH]

If anyone has seen Beer Fest they will know drinking pee has other benefits as well.

[casino_bound_west]

Pee goes in one end of the tube and comes out fresh water on the other.

[zengrifter]

Don't knock it until you've tried it. zg

[ortango]

http://www.rotten.com/library/medici...tions/pissing/

For those who don't normally visit this site, this article is probably one of the LEAST offensive. Fair Warning.

[SystemsTrader]

Originally Posted by zengrifter

Don't knock it until you've tried it. zg

So I guess this means you've tried it? The TV show Fear Factor was going to do a stunt where the contestants would have to drink their own pee but the network wouldn't allow it. That's pretty lame on the networks part!

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by SystemsTrader

So I guess this means you've tried it? The TV show Fear Factor was going to do a stunt where the contestants would have to drink their own pee but the network wouldn't allow it. That's pretty lame on the networks part!

Yes, its really not bad at all. zg

[weavin42]

Do you drink the urine that is really yellow or do you stick to the clearer stuff?

Josh

[mdlbj]

I use to pee on my feet in the Army. Pee has alot of antibodies in it and will help athletes foot. In the shower of course.