Cows have been celebrated throughout history for their contributions to human civilization and many cultures have revered the cow as possessing the nectar of the gods- the elixir of immortality. But India takes this reverence to a whole different level.
Want to stay young? Want to defeat cancer? Want to keep healthy from the Coronavirus? Let me introduce you to an ancient health remedy- cow urine.
[Note: this post does not promote drinking cow urine]
According to ancient ayurvedic medicine, the cow produces 5 healing elixirs- butter, milk, curd, urine, and dung. Cow urine, they say, can be extremely healing and can cure many illnesses. Many in India today are stating that Cow urine can cure the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
India has a long history of celebrating the cow. Cows are seen as being sacred providers of happiness- they are the foster mothers of the human race. The Vedas say that all the gifts (products) from the cow are valuable- including the Urine.
The cow urine cure
Cow urine was used as a therapeutic or medicinal cure by Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years and its use is inscribed and promoted in the Vedic texts. Many people in India still use cow urine as a cure for diseases or as a cleaner or cleansing agent.
According to the thought, the liquids produced by cows are bio-filtered by the cow’s metabolic system thereby yielding a product that is sterile with all toxins filtered out. They claim that cow urine has a number of beneficial chemical compounds that can help the body: 
The biochemical estimation of cow urine has shown that it contains sodium, nitrogen, sulfur, Vitamin A, B, C, D, E, minerals, manganese, iron, silicon, chlorine, magnesium, citric, succinic, calcium salts, phosphate, lactose, carbolic acid, enzymes, creatinine and hormones (source)
It’s thought that these compounds are what give cow urine medicinal, healing properties such as having antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal, and anticarcinogenic effects.
The ancient texts boast that cow urine can cure a number of diseases including leprosy, fever, epilepsy, and anemia.
A number of other health conditions have also been reported to see improvements from cow urine therapy (cowpathy) including those suffering from flu, allergies, colds, rheumatoid arthritis, bacterial/viral infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox, hepatitis, leucorrhoea, leprosy, ulcer, heart disease, asthma, skin infections, aging, chemical intoxication, cough, migraine or headache, constipation, thyroid and skin diseases like eczema, ringworm, and itching, acne, cancer, heart disease, musculoskeletal disorders, male sexual disorders, AIDS, diabetes mellitus, blood disorders, and respiratory diseases. Subsequently, the ‘cow’ is seen as a mobile medical dispensary.
The stories about people healing themselves with cow urine are anecdotal at best. One 38-year-old cancer survivor wrote a book about how drinking cow urine saved his life. He documented his experience using cow urine to cure his cancer in his book called Holy Cancer: How a Cow saved my life. There is no shortage of stories about people who were cured by using cow urine.
The use of cow urine as a health remedy is not isolated in India though. Several cattle-herding tribes in Africa also use cow urine to heal themselves. The Mundari tribe in South Sudan bathe themselves in cow-urine showers to help fight infection. They claim it is an effective way to stay clean.
The science behind cow urine
It is hard to find scientific research on cow urine that is being done outside of India. The question of whether cows can cure disease with their waste fluids seems to be a field ripe for exploration for any ambitious scientist. Research reports from India claim that cow urine does have antimicrobial properties and that it does have a positive effect on treating cancer. Another report detailed that cow urine is useful in combatting a number of drug-resistant bacteria and viruses.
Through extensive research studies a cow urine distillate fraction, popularly known as ‘ark’, has been identified as a bioenhancer of the activities of commonly used antibiotics, anti-fungal and anti-cancer drugs. Thus, it can promote and augment the bioactivity or bioavailability or the uptake of drugs in combination therapy and reduce the dose and duration of treatment. These milestone achievements highlight the beneficial role of cow urine in treating bacterial infections and cancers and that cow urine enhances the efficacy and potency of therapeutic drugs. (source)
While there is no direct evidence that cow urine can cure disease, it hasn’t stopped people from bottling it and selling it as a health remedy. In India, you can buy bottled cow urine.
Now with the global coronavirus pandemic, people in India are hosting cow urine parties as a means to combat the coronavirus. According to the current government in India, cow urine is a real way to keep yourself healthy and the government openly promotes drinking cow urine as a way to combat the COVID-19 virus. (source)
Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, president of the Hindu Mahasabha—a century-old organization that advocates Hindutva (or “Hinduness”)—declared that “consuming cow urine and cow dung will stop the effect of infectious coronavirus.” (source)
Many people are convinced there that cow urine is an effective health drink.
The ayurvedic medical body in the state of Uttar Pradesh has issued a business proposal to expand its range of bovine health products, “to make cow urine easily available to the common public”. “We will promote cow urine as a health-giving drink . . . Drinking 10ml to 20ml cow urine daily will act as a preventive against seasonal diseases like fever and cough.
So, what would it take for you to try the cow urine cure. Would you try it if there was a global health pandemic? Leave your comments below
It’s strange that something gross could be a medicinal cure- But if India survives the COVID-19 Apocalypse, dairy farms may have to start bottling not just the white cow elixir but also the yellow.
[Note: Dairymoos.com does not actually promote drinking cow urine. This post is purely for entertainment and educational purposes]
