Thread by @drabbyphilips

India's terrible and nonsense craze about health benefits of cow urine

What are claims?
Kills germs
Protects heart and brain
Protects organs in general
Detoxifies body
Using in eye will improve eye sight
Older the urine, better benefits (?like honey)
Avoid plastic container

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Is cow urine good antibiotic, antifungal or antiviral?
This review on antimicrobial function of cow urine is rich in studies conducted on cells and tissue cultures.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
They have reviewed extensively on in-vitro studies between diff types of cow breeds...

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...when urine from every cow is same.

Gujarati Geer cow doesnt produce urine quality different from Karnataka Amrit Mahal cow

But yes, there were studies comparing different breeds as per review which is inherently foolishness

Antimicrobial discovery follows a method...

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...which is non-existent in cow urine "science"

Hence, there is NO evidence that cow urine can be used as antimicrobial agent in humans.

This is plain quackery and one must realize the folly

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Protection of brain, heart and other organs

Search the published literature for human trials showing improvement in disease outcomes or prevention of disease using cow urine,

you will find ZERO hits

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=cow%…

google.com/search?q=cow+u…

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Detoxification

Word detox - if utilized with ANY healthcare activity is considered absolute fraud

Detox is a myth and modus operandi 4 quacks/naturopathy practitioners 2 fleece people of their money

health.harvard.edu/staying-health…

nccih.nih.gov/health/detoxes…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detoxific…

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Using cow urine 2 improve eye sight

DO NOT put cow urine/distillate into your eyes. It can cause severe eye damage like reported here pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28571179/

See this fascinating 1942 report in the British Journal of Ophthalmology on "Eye-Folklore"
bit.ly/3uMaAh9

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Older cow urine better the benefits.

Common sense
Everything has an expiry date
Using older cow urine mite actually expedite this process in humans

No proof of older honey being better
But "mad honey" contaminated with grayanotoxin frm Rhododenron
cutt.ly/PbH6ilS

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So what is great about cow urine that Indians are gaga about?

It is faith/culture based attitude towards the cow, which makes them [un]intentionally acept everything from the cow being beneficial.

This is due 2 cognitive biases
Bandwagon-effect/Choice-supportive/Conformity

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But issues with cow urine R much more:

Gargling cow urine caused severe allergic reaction
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16197405/

Cow urine poisoning in dogs and heart-lung failure
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/877988/

Cow urine based concoctions- death in animals and humans
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6314793/

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The penultimate question
Gold in cow urine - is it true
Yes it is cutt.ly/ubH5eHo

But its also present in all human tissues

If you perform "very sensitive" analysis, you'l find even titanium/vanadium in human body
Gold theory, thus deceptive
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7362268/

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So the burning question.
What is so great about cow urine!?

Nothing. It is similar to human urine

See here

Read here thewire.in/health/cow-uri…

Oh and about the plastic container
The advertised product is in a plastic container

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