&it very heavy expendittll1e 
· for their medical studfes beeomes a ·great burden to them. So to 
meet their expenses and maintain their standard of nfe, they 
become prof-essionats and look at their practice only from the 
busif'l€Ss point of view and thus the mission for the servke of the 
poor is thwarted. In urine therapy, however, there are no such 
temptations because there in every patient is a doctor for himself. It CONCLUSION : 173 
reserve his . even an illiterate person can p . is a technique by which this own disposal quite freely. health by the natural menas a a well planned 
S iptures mean . Proof Self-revealed : ... ~rc. ::md experiences of savants. It IS 
compendium of great thoug.knowledge to adopt a. generous and 
essential for the progre~ ~f ld answer all the quenes and dou~ts 
open-hearted attitude an s ou t the same time with a searchmg 
on the basis of the scriptures ~nd ado matically and cond~mn. those 
mind To stick to onels own views ~ lead to the falsification of 
of others repeatedly would necessan ·~dedness in the field of ·ews Such narrow ml . one1
S own ~1 
• er to knowledge itsefl. knowledge bnngs dang d any eXternal proof as 
· lso does not nee k h s The power of auto-unne a . h the author of Chara a 
its utility is self-re~:ale_d. That ~r:S ~nly, I.e., it is anti-poison and 
mmed up its qualitieS m two w than this. It deserves all the 
~~a tonic. No savant would .sayhmorervice of human health. gaged m t e se · f attention of persons en 'b the properties of urine o 
Great Supports : Ayurve~a d~:c;~o:~ animals may be beneficial 
eight types of animals. Th~fi u~n: Charak but it is worthy of research 
to human beings as, speo le y h ·r own urine on their systems. to have findings of the eff~cts ~f t el et rid of the disease once for 
They instinctively use the•r. ur~e ~~s; of human being and human 
all The same holds good m t e be as Ayurveda describes hot, 
uri.ne too. The urine of a p.erson m::or but it is so only to another 
bitter, bile-increasin~ a~d •:fl~m:e to ~se the urine of other person 
rsolt I do notthmk It a ~·sa tall rescribed in urien threapy. :d it is notscientific too. It ~s ".ot ,:ant/ auto-urin~ therapy. atp~r 
That is why urine therapy IS ldn I in exceptional cases I e 
. n be use on Y . bl 1 uch rare person Is unne ca I urine is not ava•la e. n s .. 
k bite etc. when one s own . . I It means that the 
~~:e;-it c;n be used in extern~! a~~~c;~~~~ne~~~ally and in drinking 
urine of a healthy person c~n e kue-bite or so. . t'onally as m sna d' g only very excep 1 
• ft a mere cursory rea m 
I b · n to opme a er Most of the peop e eg• 
U.T.-14 174 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY 
of the book and without having full deliberation the subject. But on 
the basis of my own and others' experience, I can say with all the 
emphasis at my command that human urine is harmless and always 
beneficial. Used methodically and in proper doses, it is efficacious 
in all diseases. I say this not as an authority but on the basis of 
experiences of a number of patients from India and abroad. The 
statement of the well-known Vaidya like shri Bapalalbhai and a 
writer on Ayurvedic subjects, cannot be doubted when he 
unreservedly supports urine therapy. He has written on the 
experiments which he had carried out as true and enquiring Vaidya. Similarly. the d~scription of two T.B. patients cured by Dr. 
Gunanidhi Bhatt by means of urine therapy is no doubt genuine. All the descriptions of the cases in this book are genuine facts based 
on self-experience. There is absolutely no exaggeration in the 
presentation of all these cases. Must B.e Made Universal : The problem is how to make it 
universally useful. A number of friends have advised me to start 
hospitals where patients can be treated ·exclusively on urine therapy 
but I am against it, as I believe that it should become a household 
treatment. Every mother should be an adept in it and use it like 
homely medicenes. The urine therapy does not require any 
expenditure nor does it require any storage. The message of urine 
therapy should reach every home and village. It will surely be 
evolved into a scientific systme automatically. The intelligentsia can 
very well further its progress and can work out a thorough scientific 
method. All attempts in this direction are quite well come. Our tl'lis much will not suffice. We shall have to make more and 
more experiments and establish a definite system. We shall have to 
regularize it and put some restrictions also on its haphazard use. Urine is beneficial in its pure and natural state. I doubt if its efficacy 
can be improved through any mixture with it. Yet if someone tries to 
increaie effic;:acy of utility through natural methods, I have no 
objection. But one should be careful in such an attempt as it would CONClUSION : 175 
0 
• ma mind it WO!Jid be a vain dabble with its original potentiality. To y 
attempt. 0 a ree to start health centres in 
With such· an attitude I w?uld h g • atients may be treated and 
Gujarat and other parts of ln~~l=l e~:dyas, allopaths, diecticia~s 
restored to perfect health. S . . y undertake research of thiS 
and others interested in mediCine :~:de ofdevotion service and 
therapy in such centres, but an_ a 'Tuh hould pr~pare detailed 
. . · h ·mary necess1ty. ey s f self-sacnf1ce IS t e pn . . var ing methods treatment rom 
reports of diseases, cas~-h,ston~s,. ;ons during the course of 
patient to patient, actions an :~~~~ and established a scientific 
treatment so that there can be e 
full-proof system. d . e a fair trial to this 
The intelligent reader isberequfie~t~ a~~r gpl:rsonal test, it should 
ot is proved ne 10a f 1 systmeo In case, ' . . d ublicity. If there is any au t, every 
be given proper recognition an p . It . also hoped that in near 
ld b ade to liminate lt. IS ~ effort shou e m . will hel in· starting research centres or 
future leaders of ~c,~ty . fo~ and its propagation. carrying out scientific lnvestlga' . portant precautions. First, 
I . I wish to repeat two lm bed. In cone us1on, be bl d nor its efficacy dou t m 
the urine treatment should not damet old age reduced vitality, H . on some cases ue o. ' I case i! is ine ectlv~ ' 0 bod or due to some other factors. n 
high quantity of poisons m th\ ihat the predominace of one or 
such cases, one should rea ISe t llowed urine to do its work. h bo causes have no a ld t more of t e a ve h lth by this treatment shou no 
Second, the person restored_ to =~~ libe in diet and in unresr~c:ed 
think that he has been pern:''~ed . d" (and .living for maintammg 
I·• He must observe restnctlons m le lie .. 
health. L_ PART IV 
WORK AND VIEWS 
OF 
PRACTITIONERS, EXPERTSAND THINKERS CHAPTER I 
URINE THERAPY IN NUTSHELL 
1. Auto-urine is an easy, natural and self-dependent means to 
health. 2 .• It is germicide, anti-poison and a tonic. 3. It is a destroyer of disease and restorer of health. 4. It is nutritive, digestive and a unique and sure laxative. 5. It is equally useful to males and females of all the age-groups 
from childhood to old age. 6. It protects and restores to health every organ of the body. 7. It is incomparable as regards its merits and inexpensiveness. 8. It is harmless, faultless and is in consonance with religious 
sanctity. 9. It is helpful to a simple and a disciplined life. 10. It fulfils the universal law of circuit. 11. No diagnosis is required in auto-urine therapy. 12. It is a sure cure for all minor and major diseases all <3:t a time. 179 CHAPTER II 
THE CRAZE FOR MEDICINE 
By Gandhiji 
[Mahatma Gandhi while in South Africa, wrote a few articles in 
Indian Opinion on "General Konwledge about Health". Therein ho 
has given his opinion on the medical profession. He has also 
quoted a number of physicians. The articles appear to be more 
applicab.le today even after a lapse of more than half a century. we 
are quotrng one below because of its great importance for a seeker 
of ture health. Indeed it is quite relevant in the conte~t of the urine 
therapy. It .is wort.h mentioning here that Gandhiji was a great 
naturopath rn practrce and had cured hundreds of patients thereby.] It is our habit that, at the slightest illness, we rush at once to a 
doctor, vaidya or hakim. '1 And if we do not, we take whatever 
medici•·~ the barber or our neighbour suggests. It is our belief that 
no sick.1ess can be cured without drugs. This however is sheer 
superstition. People who suffer from other causes are -and will 
conti~ue to be -fewer than those who have suffered, and are 
sufferrng, because of this superstition. It, therefore, we can get to 
know what constitutes illness, we should be able to take a 
somewhat balanced view: "Darad"2 means pain. 11Roga113 means 
much the same. It is right to seek a remedy for pain, but it is futile 
to take drugs to suppress pain. Actually, the result is often harmful. :ra'~ing medicine has the same effect as my covering up the refuse 
rn my house. Refuse which is kept covered will putrefy and cause 
me harm. Moreover, the covering itselfmay putrefy and add to the 
refuse. I have than to get rid of the refuse which has since formed as 
well as that which was ta begin with. This is the fate that befalls 
people taking drugs. But, if one throws out the refuse, the house 
1 A VaJdya practises the Ayurvedic and a hakim the Unani system of medicine. 2 & 3 Gujarati words for pain, ailment, disease 
180 THE CRAZE FOR MEDICINE : 181 
will become as clean as it was before. By giving rise to 
illness-pain [that is} -N~ture, in fact, informs us that ~here e.xi~ts 
impure matter in our body. Moreover, Nature has provrded ~rthrn 
the body itself the means of cleansing it, so that, when ~llness 
occurs, we should realize that there exists impure matter rn the 
body and that she has commenced her cleansing process. I should 
be thankful to anyone who came forward to remove the refuse from 
my house. So long as he has not done with ~he clea~ing,.l m.ight be 
inconvenienced but I would keep my patrence. Lrkewrse rf I am 
patient while Nature is cleansing the body, which is my home, it will 
be well again, and I shall become healthy and so free from p~in. If 
1 have a cold 1 do not have to rush to swallow drugs -sunth [for 
instance]. 1 k~ow that some impure matter has accumulated in a 
certain part of my body and that Nature has stepped in to remove it. And so 1 must let her have her way, so that my body may be 
cleansed in the shortest possible time. If I resist Nature, her task is 
doubled· she has both to cleanse me and cope with my resistance. I 
can asslst Nature, for instance, by getting rid of the effective cause 
of the impurity, so that more of it does not accumulate. Tha~ is to 
say, if 1 stop·eating for the duration of the illness, thus ~reventrng the 
ingress of further impurity, and if I exerc~se in fresh .ar~, I shall also 
start ejecting the impurity through the skrn. That thrs rs the golden 
rule for keeping the body free of disease, every one can prove for 
himself. Only, the mind must be kept in a stable state. One who 
reposes true faith in God will always act in this fashion .. The 
following [thought] will help in bringing about this state of mrnd : 
11Even if 1 undergo the treatment prescribed by the ~aidya or ~orne 
such person, no one can guarantee that my disease wrll be got rrd of. Not all thof:e who put them~elves in the hands of a d~ctor are 
cured. If they were, Mr. Gandhi should not have to wrrte these 
chapters and all of us would be leading happy lives." Experience show that once the [medicine] bottle enters. a house, 
it · never leaves. Countless persons suffer from some arlment or 
other throughout their lives, go on a:dding to the drugs one after the 
1 Ginger dried and ground, is a much used household remedy. 182 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY 
other or go on changing their vaiayas and hakims in their search for 
the one who will cure them; finally, having ruined both themselves 
and others, they die, a troubled death. That famous judge, the late 
Mr. Justice Stephen, who had lived in India [for a time], once said 
that doctors introduce herbs, of which they know little, into bodies 
of which they know even less. Doctors say the same thing after 
attaining due experience. Dr. Magendie has said : "Medicine is a great hoax." A famous 
doctor, Sir Ashley Cooper, has observed : "The science of medicine 
is based on mere guess-work." Sir John Forbes has remarked : 
"Notwithstanding the skill of physicians, it is Nature which cures 
most men of their diseases. "Dr. Baker tells us : "In cases of night 
fever many more patients die of the drugs than of the disease." Dr. 
Froth declares that it is difficutl to find a more disbounest profession 
than that of medicine. Dr. Thomas Watson writes : "In the most 
important matters our profession drifts on a sea of dubious 
hypotheses·." Dr. Caswell feels that the human race would benefit 
immeasurably if the entier medical pr~fession was ended. Dr. Frank 
avers that thousands have been killed in hospitals. Dr. Mason Good 
says: "Drugs claim a heavier sacrifice of human lives than do wars, 
epidemics and famines." We find that an·increase in the number of 
doctors is followed in one place after another by a rise in the 
incidence of disease. Large advertisements appear in newspapers 
which do not accept other advertisements. When Indian Opinion 
used to accept advertisements, its workers had to go about soliCiting 
these from others, but as for drug advertisements, their 
manufacturers pressed them on the. journal and would even tempt 
[us] with large sums. We pay a rupee for medicine which should 
cost no more than a pie. Most manufacturers generally do not let us 
know what the drugs are made from. A drug-manufacturer recently 
brought out a book entitled Secret Medicines, his object being to 
ensure that people ·are not misled. He reveals therein that the 
ingredients of sarsaparilla, fruit salt, syrup and other well-known 
patent medicines, for which we pay from three to seven shillings a URINE THERAPY -ALREADY A SCIENCE : 183 
bottle cost from a farthing to a penny. This means that we P~Y from 
36 to' 336 times the actual cost of the medicine. The proftt to the 
dealer is thus 3500to 35000 per cent. The reader ought surely to see from all this that it is unnecessa~ 
for a patient to rush to a doctor or buy drugs in a hur~. But few WI~ I 
so forbear. All doctors are not dishonest. That every time the drug IS 
harmful, the common man wi.ll not admit. To such persons, one may 
say: n Forbear as much as you can. Do not bother a do_ctor as long 
as you can help it. If you must call in one, get only a reliable_ person 
and, having called him, stick to him. Consult another onl~ ~f h~ so 
advises. Your disease is not under your doctor's control. If It IS given 
to you to live, you will get well and if, in spite of all that you ~ave 
done death comes to your or to your relatives, know that death IS no 
I . more than a transition." ... 
(From Gujarati : Indian Opinion, 11-1-1913) 
The Coll~cted Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol. XI 
(March 1964), pp. 434-36 
CHAPTER Ill 
URINE THERAPY -ALREADY A SCIENCE 
I have ~ust now read the book Water of Life. T~e autho~ has 
mentioned human urine itself as water of life. The unn_e of ant_m_als 
also is water of life, i.e. the water produced ~y life or ltvtng 
organism. The new system of urine therapy cl_alms that ~ good 
number of ailments can be cured with human unne. The ~als~.avas 
will disagree with this. They would ask -'Is urine also a ~nnk. But 
the author says that while on one hand the human betng spends 
thousands of rupees for medicines, on the other they do n?t car~ to 
have any benefit from this supreme medicine. Eve~ybody IS advtsed 
to drink aut~-urine. It is a panacea for diff~_rent. dtseases. Any~y 
can come to me and see that book. Shri RaOJibhal Patel, an assoetate 184 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY 
of Gandhiji in South Africa, has written a book in Gujarati entitled 
Ma~av Mutra (The Human Urine) on the basis of the book. This 
subject ~as also become a science. It is, therefore, advised that in 
future urrne and stools should no more be objects of hate. From an address by Saint Vinoba on 4-4-1959 
CHAPETER IV 
THE FOLLOW-UP WORK 
. .E~ery mission. requires a follow-up work. But unlike politics, 
m1~S1onary work 1tsefl creates its own missionaries and workers. u.nne therapy is a missionary work and it has created its own 
p1oneers for its development anc;J propagation. It is a universal 
remedy and it is developed in different countries to a greater or 
lesser e~tent. From the foregonig chapters it can be seen that it was 
kn.own .m En~land and Armstrong gave it a scientific form. Protestant 
prrests 1n Afnca used to cure the natives by urine therapy of their 
own and they had two books on this therapy with them. They gave 
them to Dr. Manubhai Patel, District Medical Officer of Mehasana 
when he was in Africa. In lnd,ia this therapy was commonly known 
to the ~randmothers and the artisans. It is very well mentioned in 
Ayurved1c .and other texts. Shri Raojibhai took up Armstrons's thread 
a~d experrmented not only on himself but on his relatives and 
frrends and the mission spread automatically. So urine therapy 
bega~ to ~evelop. Shri Raojibhai was not alone to do 
experrmentat10n in the field of urine therapy. Shri Juthabhai Shah 
gave Raojibhai Armstrong's book and intorduced him to this 
thera~y and at the same time carried on his own experimentation 
on urrne. Dr. M~n~bhai. Patel also knew about this therapy from 
the Protestant ~ISSionanes in Africa. Some allopathic doctors also 
kn~w about th1s therapy and they used it to cure thousands of 
pat1ents during the first and second World Wars. All these facts THE FOLLOW-UP WORK : 185 
prove the universality of urine cure. But somehow it could not 
become popular. It required missionaries for its develpment and 
propagation. Armstrong in England did a real pioneering work in this 
field. shri Raojibhai took up his mission and gave it a great impetus 
not only to. its propagation but to its development by 
experimentation. Urine therapy by its very nature is in a way easy 
for a trial and hundreds of people took up his suggestion to cure 
themselyes by auto-urtne. There were hundreds of successful cases 
of urine experiments and the experimenters gladly wrote and 
informed Shri raojibhai of their successful urine treatments. It was a 
self-styled propagation of urine therapy. But there was the moving 
and guiding spirit of Shri Raojibhai to gave impetus to the self-styled 
experimenting patients whenever they required guidelines at the 
time of difficulty. So the idea of urine therapy caught fire ·and 
began to spread automatically. It was as if in the air and at that very 
time there were others too, who were independently thinking and 
trying to propagate this therapy. Such a worthy person was and still is Dr. Paragjibhai D. Desai. He had read Armstrong's book of his own in 1955. He first tried 
this therapy on himself and found it very useful. Himself being a 
doctor and an eye-specialist, he could very well understand the 
limitations and abuses of medical science. He was t.he only popular 
eye-specialist in this area of South Gujarat during the years between 
the two great World Wars. Being a very experienced doctor and 
having an altruistic attitude of mind, urine therapy caught his 
imagination and he began to use it on some willing patients and 
thus he began to gather sufficent material in support of this therapy. When Shri Raojibhai began to propagate this therapy he heartliy 
welcomed his activity and so naturally after Shri Raojibhai's demise, 
his mantle fell on Dr. Paragjibhai's shoulders. Now he is 82, but he 
works so hard for its propagation and development that it seems the 
spirit of Shri Raojibhai has entered his body ! Once somewhat shy, 
he has now become an active prapagandist of urine therapy! Dr. Paragjibhai has already started two urine therapy centres at 186 : AUTO-URINETHERAPY 
Bulsar and at Bombay for the last seven years. For sometime he 
used to visit Poona and Baroda and Ahmedabad to give guidance to 
patients in urine treatment. He was honoured for this philanthropic 
work in an assembly at Bombay presided by Shri K. K. Shah, the 
present Governor of Tamil Nadu. Dr. Paragjibhai desires to start a 
research hospital of about ten beds if monetary donations come 
forward. He has already moved the matter with Sate Government 
Dr. Sal aria's silent and steady work cannot be forgotten while the 
follow-up work after Shri Raojibhai is being described. He has his 
own humble hospital at Ahmedabad but he tries urine therapy on 
willing patients only. He is very enthusiastic about this therapy and 
does silent but concrete work in the propagation of this therapy. Similarly Shri Hansraj 'Hans' too is a silent worker who has great 
faith in urine therapy and has translated Shri Raojibhai's book 
Manav Mutra into Hindi with a devotional spirit. He naturally does 
his best in the propagation of this therapy among friends and 
acquaintances. Bharat Sevak Samaj (Gujarat Branch), its President Shri Pannala 
Zaveri and his associates are doing splendid work in the 
propagation of urine therapy. They gudie by correspondence the 
patients who ask for instructions. They publish . books on urine 
therapy and the. present book too is an outcome of their efforts and 
good~will. CHAPTERV 
HUMAN URINE AND IMPORTANCE OF DIETING 
By Bapalal Vaidya 
In the Water of Life, armstrong has described his own 
experiments and that is the reason why it deserves special attention. The author claims that drinking of urine is a perfect cure of all 
diseases. The present book opens a new gateway to health and this 
is a matter of great importance. Ayurved describes properties of urine of eight types of animals, 
viz. sheep, goat, cow, buffalo, female elephant, camel, horse and 
donkey. The properties of every type of urine have been specified. Some of the common properties deserve attention which indicate 
that during the period .of Charak the system of urine therapy was 
considerable developed. Common Properties of Urine : It is useful in rubbing the body, as 
massage liquid along with restorative douche, as a laxative, as a 
perspirative, and as an anti-poison. It is advised for poultice, 
. formentation and local baths. Every type of urine increases digestion; 
it is an anti-poison and a germicide. It is extremely useful for the 
patients of anaemia. (Charak prescribes it emphatically in the. case 
of jaundice.) The drinking of urine eliminates phlegm, checks gas 
formation and lowers bile formation. Sushrut states that human urine 
is an anti-poison. The author of Ashtang Sangrah describes it (human urine) as salty 
in taste; because it contains alkalies and salts, as a curer of itching 
and eczema and an anti-poison. Bhavamishra also considers it as an anti-poison. Its drinking has 
the effect of a tonic. It eliminaes eczema and itching. It is salti'sh, as 
it contains salts and minerals. A reference of urine comes on Yoga-Ratnaker. It states that the 
calamine should be soaked in human urine for 21 days and them 
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dried up in the sun. After that it should be mixed up with black 
pepper. The medicine known as Laghu-Vasant-Malti could thus be 
prepared. Thus, we see that the use of human urine in medicinal 
preparation was in vogue in those days. In short, Ayurveda has prescribed human urine abundantly and 
stated it as an anit-poison. Here the word 'poison' inclueds all types 
of unhealthy elements, i.e. toxins which are the products of 
degeneration. Viruses are also inculed in it. In spite of such recommnedation of wide use of human urine in 
Ayurveda, it is surprising that we do not have any independent 
treatise on urine therapy, . There is a book in Gujarati entitled Akhut )ivan Dori 
(lnexh~ustive Life Thread). It was published by Yugantar Karyalaya, 
surat, m 1923 but is no longer available. Shri Chandulal Lalubhai 
Govardhandas is its author. Shri Ratilal Tanna of Yugantar Karyalay 
told me that the book contained a couple of pages on urine 
treatment. I have not come across the book as yet. Shri Tanna also 
told me that the author of the book used to drink auto-urine 
regularly. This fact was also supported by Shri Natavarlal Malvi of 
Gandiv Press. The said author lived a long life and continued 
ur~ne-dri~king till his death. I am also told that it was drinking of 
unne wh1ch bestowed on him such a long life. Shri Tanna also said 
that Shri Chandulal had written the book by the inspiration of 
Poliglott-a Norwegian hermit who knew many languages. The _author of Siddha-bheshaj-mani-mala states the following on 
the basis of his own experience which deserves attention: 
11The application of urine on a wound or burn is still in practice. A wound is readily healed if washed with urine.11 
I would like to write a personal experience of urine. Once the 
stump of a tree struck in the chest of my mare and there was a 
deep wound. At that time, an experienced elderly person advised · 
me to collect the urine of all the family members and mix some 
powder-ash in it It was to be sprinkled on the wound of the mare HUMAN URINE AND IMPORTANCE OF DIETING : 189 
with a cloth tied at the end of stick. I did accordingly and the 
wound was healed within a short time. I think it would have taken 
months to cure that wound in a veterinary hospital. In childhood we used to pass urine on wounds in order to heal 
them. It hardly needs mention ti"lat such a wound never became 
septic. In Europe also the practice of urination on a wound was 
prewalent. The Vaidyas pr~scribe rubbing of cow's urine for eczema and 
itches. ~ubbing of cow's urine mixed with salt and dried ginger 
removes eczema and itching. Human urine also is useful in skin 
diseases. The mere thought of drinking urine makes one to hesitate. But 
this reluctance disappears once urine is taken somehow. The English 
author rightly describes it as the •magic fluid.' Dieting : A treatment, however, efficacious it may be, fails to 
produce the desired result without proper diet control. The efficacy 
of urine treatment has already been proved. Yet diet control is 
necessary along with it. It means, a regularity in diet as wen as in 
living habits according to seasanal changes is essential. All the 
diseases are caused by the disorder of Vat (Gas), Pitta (Bile) and 
Cough (Phlegm). Before breaking out in the form of a disease, they 
are gradually accumulated. If accumulation is stopped and drained 
out, the disease is checked. The phlegm is accumulated in autumn 
and becomes acute in spring season. The best remedy for phlegm is 
vomiting. The phlegm therefore will not cause any disease if it is 
·drained out in autumn through vomiting. The diet in this season 
should be free from fats. Bile is accumulated uring the rains and it 
breaks out during winter. Care should be taken in monsoon to keep 
away the bad effects of bile. As soon as the rains start, the excess of 
bile should be purged by laxatives. Bile-increasing diet should be 
avoided at all costs during rains. Diet should be sweet, juicy, liquid 
and cool. Etables friend in oil, spiced and condimented food-stuffs 
\ increase bile. Gases begin to accumulate during summer and breaks 
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out in monsoon. If enema is taken in the beginning of rains the 
tr~u~le from Vat is eliminated. Sweet, sour, saltish and juicy' diet 
elt_rmnates gas trouble, and is therefore preferable to stringent and 
spiced food. In short, a life regulated by the laws of Ayurveda 
keeps_ one h~al_thy and free from diseaes. Even if there is an attack of 
any d1sease, 1t 1s extremely mild. B~y-purifi~ation at .the Time of Seasonal Change : The 
regulation of diet and daily life along with a dress according to 
se~ are essential for health. The purification of body is not given 
due Importance nowadays and its value is not understood as it 
should be. The allopathic treatment is mainly suppressive. In this 
treatment, the causes of disorders are not eliminated but are 
suppresse? and thes: suppsessed ailments appear again in a form of 
a new dls_ease. It IS, th~refore, advisable to mould the daily and 
seasonal life ~s suggested in Ayurveda. The preventive cure is not 
confined to diet only but includes living habits and good and 
r~g~lar conduct also. As the sour and saltish food increases bile 
Sl.mJiarly anger_ too produces the same effect. Dry, cold an.d heav/ 
diet cause'\ ~xcess of gas, similarly sorrow and anxiety, etc, are 
also_ r~sponslble for it. Sweets increase phlegm similarly inertia, 
~tupldlty and let~argy ~av~ also the same effect. In short, prevention 
mculdes everythmg-dady life, mental attitude, seasonal life, diet and 
c~nduct. They must be taken into account while considering a 
d1sease. · 
, O~ly _righ~ condu~t can eliminate disorders. It is well said _ 
~edlcatlon IS u~n~cessary if right conduct is adopted', because 
disease can be ellmmated if life is controlled and regulated. . Urine treatment is useful in the diseases of bile as well as 
d1sorders of cough and gas. In· case of disease arising from bile the 
treatr_"ent of blood as well as of bile should be adopted. for ,this 
~axat~ve~ and fasts along ":'it~ elimination of sour and stringent food 
In diet IS ~ecessary. ·If this IS neglected during the treatment urine 
therapy will prov~ ineffective. It is needless to say that' urine 
treatment along w1th fast, fruit Eliet or milk diet is a sure remedy in I 
I HUMAN URINE AND IMPORTANCE ('f D!tiiNG : 191 
ail troubles cre.ated by impure blood and bile. Ayu(veda mentions 20 diseases caused by phlegm. The troubles 
like drowsiness, excess of sleep, lethargy, wateriness of mouth, 
desire ·for hot· food-stuffs, er.'"'e! 's of urine, dullness, absence of 
hunger are the effects of phlegm. In these disorders urine treatment is 
very advisable. In them repeated vomiting and fast and a fatless diet 
excluding milk, ghee, cheese, oil and sweets are useful. According to Ayurveda a number of diseases are caused by the 
trouble of the gas. The gas or the Prana has been called •fuel for the · 
machinery of the body' and it sustains the body. In the medical 
terminology it is equivalent to nervous system and nerve-force. Any 
, kind of gas-disorders results in diseases of the sense organs. Gas 
trouble is dominant even in the diseases of bile and phlegm. Needless to say that urine treatment is useful in all these troubles. ' · 
Gas is caused by sleeping in day-time, strenuous physical labour, 
sex-indulgence, waking in the night, worry, mourning, neglecting 
natore's call, eating sour things, loss of appetite and injury to the 
tender parts of the body. Dry, cold and insufficient food also cause 
gas trouble. Urine treatment is extremely useful in troubles due to phlegm. Permanent.cold, chronic asthma, heart-trouble, loss of appetite and 
indigestion can be effectively treated by urine if it is accompanied 
with fasting, vomiting and dry food. Once should not be scared of 
fasting. The organism can very well withstand fast as long as 
foreign matters are present in the body. The foreign matter is 
completely eliminated when heaviness in the body, loss of appetite, 
indigestion, congestion of urine and stools are removed and the 
patient develops good appetite' for food. At this stage light diet can 
taken. This is why treatment prescribes fast. Naturopathy is generally regareded as . a foreign system of 
healing. Its techniques are also more of'less similar to urine therapy. Naturopathy has beEm w€11 adovocated in Ayurveda. also. It is 
unfortunate that we do not understand the simple principles of 192 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY 
Ayurveda. There was a time when fasting cure was commonly 
practised in India as a natural way of healing. But fasting did not 
mena only abstaining from food. Charak says-
11The fasting cure includes four kinds of purification, (vomiting, 
purgation, douche and elimination of impure blood), control of 
excessive thirst, airbath, sunbath, treatment by digestion-stimulants, 
fast (abstention from food) and physical exercise." (Charak Sutra 
Ch. 22. Verse 18) · 
A second meaning of 1Langhan1, -the Sanskirt synonym of fast,­
is, any metho::l by which lightness is acquired by the body. But 
nowadays, as said earlier 1Langhan1 is taken for fast only. If fast is 
necessary for a patient, the physician should look into his vitality. Fasting should not b~ prolonged for such a long period as it may 
sack 1thc life substance1 itself. Care should also be taken to preserve 
the strenght ofthe patient because it gives the power of resistance. Fasting can serve no real purpose ifth2 strength of the patient fails. A disease is like a red signal to a moving train. In is nature1s 
warning for rest. The patient should therefore suspend all activties 
of visiting, sefvice, study, etc. and take rest in bed with a peaceful 
mind to relax the bodily organs. Orange juice is generally prescribed these days during any 
illness. But sweet juice should be avoided in the diseases due to 
phlegm as it is cough-producing. It is contra-indicated in cases of 
asthma, cold, catarrh and ir.diges~ion. Moreover the poor cannot 
easily affo~~· fur.h costly fruits. In the Indian system of medicine, in 
the place of orange juice, lentil soup and vegetable soup containing 
garlic, ginger, black pepper, Dhania, Gira, etc. is prescribed. Ginger, garlick and black pepper are extremely useful for patients 
suffering from phlegm. Bitter juices are advisable for patients suffering from excess of 
bile. S11ch ::. patient should take vegetables like Methi, karela, milk 
and sweet fruits. ~weet, bitter and pungent juices are beneficial. Diet should be light and in moderate quantity so that it may be THE BEST MEANS TO PHYSICAL HEALTH : 193 
easily digested. Tea and coffee should be avoided during treatment. It is good to take a boiled extract of Tulsi, Phudina, green tea, 
pepperi-mu/ and black pepper. CHAPTER VI 
THE BEST l\1_EANS TO PHYSICAL HEALTH 
By Dr. Maganlal 0. Sa/aria 
When Rudra cut off Daksha1s head, .the Ashvinikumaras rejoined 
it at the request of the gods. Shankar also joined the head of his son 
which he had cut himself. Such examples are plenty in Ayurveda 
and mythology. It indicates that both gods and demons possessed 
the knowledge of Ayurveda. There was a competition between them 
and each party tried to excel the opponent in the developm~nt of · 
Ayurveda. They were in search of a method whereby every d1sease 
could be cured with the minimum of medicine. The sag~ Atrey in 
Charak Samhita has specified the uses of urine and herbs for curing 
diseases.On the other hand Lord Shiva and his· foliowers have 
prescribed iron, poisons, pearls, jewels, ruby etc. in their system of 
treatment. At the end, they have proved that mercury alan can cure 
all diseases. In Europe they have done a good number of experiments and 
researches in order to reduce the number of medicines. First of all. Dr. Hanemann created the system of homoeopathy. He showed to 
the world, that the medicines prescribed by allopathy and taken in 
large doses has the opposite effect than when taken in very small 
quantity (in high potency) as prescribed in homoeopathy. For 
example op1u-m is useful for stopping motions but the same taken 
according to the system of homoeopathy removes constip~ti_on. Later 
on his disciple Suschler confined himself to twelve med1cmes only 
fer· treating all diseases. In America Dr. Burgess invented 
Epsompathy and successfully cured many types of maladies by 194 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY 
epsom salt. Out of this salt, he made seven preparations which are 
applicable to-all types of diseases. In 1921, when lwas a student in 
National Medical ~allege (Bombay), I knew a famous Vaidya 
treating· all the diseases with only three medicines. While sitting' in 
his clinic, he u~d to keep only three bottles on his table labelled 
as Vataghna (cure for bile trouble) Pittaghan (cure for bile. trouble) 
and. Kaphaghna (cure for phlegm.) He·used to feel patient's pulse 
and prescrible a mixture of the three in due proportion for internal' 
and external use. I tried my best to know the' secret of the above 
three medicines but he did not disclose it till the end. This mentality. of the Vaidyar is quite improper. later on I came across .a book 
entitled R~sa-Mangal, published by Gonda! Rasa-Shala. In the very 
beginning I read about the extracts. curing Vat, Pitta and Kapha 
troubles which s;;.tlsfied me. The Tantras indicate that there was a practice among Aghoris to 
use L•rine and stools as medicines. In Jain scriptures also a monk has 
.been advised to take his auto-urine while practising short or long 
Pratima (Dhyana). In Rudrayamal Tantra under the chapter 
'Shivambu-kalpa', lord Shiva hap described to Parvati the virtues of 
urine removes all diseases and· bestows upon man a long life: 
Further ·Ayurveda and Rasa-tan~ra also have prescribed urine along 
with subsidiary medicines. The sage Atreya has prescribed eight 
types of urine to be used as m'edicines. They belong to herbivorous 
animals only. In addition Sushrut has prescribed human urine also 
as medicine. One can ask why sage Atreya did not describe the 
utility of human urine in spite of the fact that it is more useful to 
man. One can see that the' urine of animals is useful to themselves. . The sage Atreya has also stated that the eight types of urine are 
useful to human beings as well. Why did he not refer to human 
urine ? The simple answer seems to be that he did not feel ~my 
necessity to describe a very well-known and an apparent fact. The 
benefit of the existance of the sun does not require any 
introduction. It is sufficient to say that human urine is anti-poison 
and a .t<mif;:;1il)e ~,\(agbhatta mentions the urine of deer also in THE BEST MEANS TO PHYSICAl HEALTH : 195 
addition to the eight well known types. It emphasises that urine of 
only herbivorous animals should be used for treatment. It is 
well:k~own th~t anything generated in the body when used as 
med1cme ~r m _surger: is called, autogeneous. Accordingly 
auto-blood IS adm1tted mto the body without any harm. Similar 
substance when taken from a living being of the same or similar 
class is called homogeneous. On the' other hand if something of m~dicinal value is derived 
from a body of an animal of dissiniNar class it is called 
h~terogeneous. The sage Atreya has includecf in his system · the 
e1~ht t~pes _of urine according to the third category. While lord 
Sh1va m h1s description of human .urJne has adopted the-first 
category. Declaring it to be completely harmless, he has adviSed its 
.use in every diseases. The school of Atreya proposes myrobalan for 
· the healthy and fast for the sick. But Lord Shiva emphatically 
pr.escribes urine fer both -the healthy and the diseased. There is a 
w1de difference·in the mehtod of application also. · 
T~e fore~oni~g. des~ription suggests that Shukracharya passessed 
a smgle hfe.-g:~mg. su?~tance. Ashvinikumars also ·probably 
possessed a s1mtlar med1c1ne which made them popular among 
gods. T_here are . e~amples that Lord Shiv a cured every disease with 
mercunal preparation of urine (Shivambu.) . . Urine t~erapy requires neither pulse-reading nor any diagnosis. It 
IS such a s1mple and efficient method that by drinking it, the healthy' 
me~ stren~hen and maintain their health while sufferes get rid of 
the1r malad1es. The only thing to be taken care of is that the patient 
should. observe fast and live upon urine as long as normal health is 
not restored. The dose .of urine envigorates the heart and brings the patient to 
senses. That IS why I have begun its use in my surgical cases and 1 
ventur~ to say that I have met with wonderful success in 16 major 
op~rat1ons. In no case was there the need of giving injections of 
saline, plasma or blood. 196 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY 
Take Middle Portion. : In conclusion, I would like to add that in 
a~plying uri~e t~erapy the patient should take the middle portion of 
h1s every unnat1on for drinking and the first and last portion should 
be collected in a bottle and that should be utilized for rubbing or 
ma~sage_. Th!s is shown in old texts on urine in India and especially 
K~lidas 1n Kmg Bhoja's time has definitely given this suggestion for 
ur~ne .therapy. T~is is so because the first and last flow in every 
unnat1on . contams more salts and the middle portion is 
~omparat1vely. purer and more uniform in contents. This suggestion 
IS worth applymg at least for experimentation. CHAPTER VII 
URINE THERAPY & AYURVEOA 
By Vaidya Karunashankar R. Trivedi 
just as the Aryan culture and religion are not the contribution of 
one individual person, similarly Ayurveda is also not a creation of 
one man. just as Aryan culture is the synthesis of many glorious 
traditions, similarly Ayurveda also represents a mighty spring of all 
the. healing sciences. A certain system of healing may appear 
ent1r~l~ new but it is likely to have ·its roots in Ayurveda. The 
phys1c1ans may regard urine therapy to be a new one but its roots 
are . t~ be fo~nd in Ayurveda. With all humility and strong 
conv1ct1on I w1sh to state that urine therapy instead of being 
un-Ay~rvedic is fully supported by Ayurveda. Whenever some baby in a family suffers from any trouble, the 
grandmother at large still advises the young daughter-in-law to give 
the baby its own urine to drink. Ordinarily everybody born in a 
village must have had a taste of his own urine on one occasion or 
the other. In villages the practice of giving children their own urine 
to drink is age-old. It is a matter of cor rnon experience that urine 
thus taken does not cause any harm but on the contrary. proves URINE THERAPY & AYURVEDA : 197 
beneficial for the child's health. Ear-trouble : From my personal experience I know that any 
ear-trouble disappears with the drops of fresh or litt)e warmed-up 
urine. I still remember an incident of my childhood,· when I was a 
student of class eighth. Once I was sleeping on a marble floor of a 
temple along with my brother and a friend, during night, a centipede 
entered into my ear. I, a mere boy, was upsest with the trouble. The 
gatekeeper of the temple told me -"Nothing can be done during the 
night. Put your urine into the ear and wait for the result till 
morning." My brother dropped my urine into my ear. In the morninig 
I was frightened to see the centipede torn into pieces, sticking near 
the ear-lobe. Human Urine : It is mentioned in Bhavprakash (Part I, Chapter on 
"Urine") that human urine is alkaline, saltish and sharp. It is 
antipoisonous and removes eczema. Taken internally, it acts as 
tonic. If a thoughtful person is not carried away by the attractive 
labels and advertisements of medicines, pouring in every day with 
enchanting names, he will realize that human urine which is 
described by Ayurveda as atonic banishing old age and . restoring 
youth, should not be neglected. Similarly it maintains an equilibrium· 
of all the seven substances of the body and keeps the power of 
digestion in good order. It is said to posses the quality of removing 
the effect of poison. In Ayurveda cow's urine is already used for purification of metals 
and to destroy their poisonous effects. The word 'Anti-poison' has 
wide and far-reaching sense. It means the destruction of poison not 
only that of snake-bite, scorpion-bite or metals but that of the 
organism, i.e. toxin also. In this age of unhealthy living, the 
propagation of such anti-poisonous substance is a noble and holy 
mission. I make this statement without any reservation and in all 
humility and wish to associate myself with this noble undertaking. ..,. CHAPTER VIII 
A LINK WITH INDIAN FOLK MEDICINE 
By Stanislaw R. Burzynski . ; 
The main interest of our research are the compounds which we 
have named Antineoplast. They have very potent anticancer activity. without causing any harm to the normal human tissues. In the last 
year we were able to treat successfully 14 different types of human 
cancers in including bladder, colon, tongue, breast, lung, ovarian · 
and uterine cancer -all of them with metastases to di~tant organs, 
·even to the brain? The results of these studies, are in press now. Antineoplastons, which chemically are medium sized peptides are 
produced by.healthy human tissues and are present In blood and 
urine. At the present time we are isolating them from normal human 
urine. The concentration of Antineoplastons in urine is very small 
and usually it is necessary to process 29 gallons of urine to obtain a 
daily dose for one patient. This amount of the medication is 
dissolved in a very small volume and given the same way as lnsuline 
injections. We were able to have a complete remission in four to six 
weeks in medium advanced .cases. At the present time we do not see 
any adverse reaction. It is my great pleasure to know that in India 
you have good results with autouro-therapy, b€cause it may support 
our theory. Western medicine took a lot from Indian folk medicine. We are glad to know that our therapy may have the links with 
natural treatment done for centuries. CHAPTER IX 
A REVIEW Of URINE THERAPY 
(In Question-Answer Form) 
By Raojibhai Patel 
d nee. that many readers of this boo~. J have--seer;t,from;..corr.e~pon e • . . . t think-~over the . . . . . . . d .. stand the-subject nor o . care .. ;neither . tq_ un er iven below a review of unne 
directions properly. I have ~herefor~ :nswers. For detailed directions 
therapy in the form of questions an ted to see the relevant sections • 
and guidance, the readers are reques 
in the book. . 7 Q Which diseases can be remedied by unne therapy .. 
. . . ~ n particular disease. It IS a means • 
A. Urine is not a medlctne orha ~ lth of the body and cure and 
provided by nature to keep up t e ea . r 
disease thereof irrespective of any denomma IOn. D ou mean that even diagnosis is unnecessary? . Q. 0 Y ·a nose any particular d1sease. A It is not necessary to. ddl. g ·n the manner a police 
Auto~urine itself traces out th~ ISe~se I . searches out a thief in hiding and turns It out. . C ou give an example or two? Q. any . . stratin a historical fact. Perfect 
A. I shall clarify the po~n~ ?Y. lllu in ~ a practic;!es otherwise 
h_ealth is essential for tnltlatdl?n b d ybyg bodily disorders. Even 
. . likely to be lstur e h t concerntratlon IS ' d sentery or stomach-ac e, e c. 
mild attacks of catarrh, he~da~he, I y. therefore essential that a 
are likely to disturb medltaftlonf. ta ~~I physical troubles. ·But how . . f a must be ree rom . .. f I pract1t1oner o yog . f 1 d' out of intuition or out o ong r h . 7 The mystiCS 0 n Ia 
to accomp IS lt. h cure of urine for such trouble;; . . experien~e foullnd :~~~e~f:~r:ut why was this philosophy of this sure 
. Q. It IS rea Y ' . unknown till now? · 
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A. This old philosophy and· cure never disappeared at all. It wa!> 
round about us and is still there; but our modern prejudiced 
mentality does not allow it to be understood. Insects, birds, fishes 
and quadrupeds, etc. are already using this means instinctively. Only human beings intoxicated by their intellectual power have 
neglected it. They are using their skill and knowledge mainly for 
selfish ends. Q. Do you mean Jhat human beings should not utilize their 
intelligence which God has bestowed upon them? A. Man should use his intelligence in co-operation with nature. To go against nature is a misuse of intelligence and contrary to 
human welfare. Now the same ~ubstance, which is used by animals 
profitable through sheer instinct, is used by man after intelligent and 
careful thought; and it can yield far better results. Q. How is it that we happened to forget such a valuable 
substance? A. We have lost the real substance in the false pursuit of external 
polish. Q. You will have to admit that this natural substance is imperfet:t 
in one respect. It is not tasteful and its smell also is not likable. Is 
there any way out of this? A. Your argument seems correct only apparently. Taste and smell 
are a matter of individual habit. An African Negro dislikes the 
fragrance of 1Khas1 and abhors it. A teetotaller dislikes the very smell 
of wine. In my opinion, ljkes and dislikes of a particular taste or 
smell are merely caprices or habits which hold good as long as 
one1s interest is not affected. We are willing to swallow the 
extremely bitter and ill-smelling medicines to get rid of physical 
pains. The main consideration, therefore, is not obejectiv~ but 
subjective. In the bygone months, I made a good number of persons 
to drink urine. They were reluctant in the beginning but gradually 
were accustomed to the taste and smell of urine and freed them 
selves from the clutches of pernicious, obstinate and chronic A REVIEW OF URINE THERAPY : 201 
diseases. . Q. Is it not desirable that its smell and taste are removed through 
some chemi.cal process? A. 1 am doubtful about its preacticability. A person1s ~wn ur~ne is 
useful to himself in its natural state. According to med1cal ~c~ence 
also its utility is confined to that organism only. The detiCJency 
caused by the ·loss of certain ingradients from one1s body can be 
made up only if they are restored only b~ a.uto-urine. If the smell and 
taste or urine are chemically changed, 1t IS do~btful whether t~ose 
ingredients will not be affected. This fact shoul~ be, ex~mmed 
scientifically. 1 believe it will lose its value cons1derably 1n any 
\\ 
chemical process. q. Will you please tell me something about its application on 
different diseases? A. 1 have already said that urine does not cure a particular 
disease only. ft is an invaluable gift of nature to pr_eserv~ a~d restore 
spoiled health. This point must be kept in view while usmg 1t. Q. Will you tell me something about urine? . A. It is clear that a healthy person does not require the use of 
· d ·1 Even then he can continue to take it in sma!.l doses as a unne a1 y. , . . .. 
precautionary measure. During the time of an ep1de_m1c or even 
prior to it, such intake of auto-urine has a great precautionary value. Urine can be effectively used in any disease as follows: 
1. Take it regularly in proportion to the gravity of the disease 
and constitutional requirement. 2. Keep fast exclusively on urine and water as it is necessary 
to eliminate all toxins in the body. . ·. 3. Rub old urine on the entire body for considerabfe time 
every day. 4. In case of wounds, swelling, eruption, burns, etc. when 
rubbing is not possible, the patient is advised to keep a piece of .,.,... :lt 
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cloth soaked in urine on the affected part and keep it constantly wet 
by sprinkling urine. s. A soaked piece of cloth is also advised for delicate parts 
like stomach where rubbing may not be comfortabel. Q. will you tell me about the right way to begin with urine 
treatment? A. Yes. knowledge is very necessary for a novice. The patient is 
advised to be extremely careful and methodical in its application. No feeling of hesitation, abhorrence or uneasinses in drinking urine 
should be entertained. He may begin with rubbing. Meanwhile he 
should try to overcome the feeling of nausea. For that he can rub his 
teeth and gums with urine which will give an additional benefit of 
strengthening them. Q. Will you please tell me more about the procedure? A. One is advised to start with drinking urine after about a four 
days' rubbing. Early in the morning after leaving bed one is advised 
to clean the mouth, collect auto-urine in a glass and drink it with 
complete faith. He may drink a littel water after that. If the treatment 
is adopted in this way and one is gradually accustomed to' it, the~e is 
no fear of any adverse reaction. Any abrupt step may cause react1on. We should try to avoid it as far as possible. Q. Is it that a certain number of fasts is required in a particular 
case? A. Nothing can be said beforehand regarding the duration of 
fasts. Sometimes major troubles are accompanied by minor ones. As 
· the rubbing and drinking is begun, minor troubles start disappearing 
from the body. A number of disease are cured merely by rubbing. Diseases of serious and chronic nature are also removed by rubbing 
and keeping fast on urine and water, It is difficult to specify and 
time-limit for a particular disease. Q. Is there any likelihood of other troubles arising during the 
treatment? What is the 'remedy for it. A REVIEW OF URINE THERAPY : 203 
A. If the treatment is started carefully according to the prescribed 
manner, there is no danger of other trouble in the beginning. But 
during the process of cure, urine cleans out every part of the body of 
all its impurities. The filth, phlegm or any other foreign or foul matter 
obstructing blood circulation or nerve currents, is eliminated by 
urine .. This process of elimination is executed in three ways : 1, 
Loose motions, 2. Vomiting and 3. Boils or eruptions. Sometimes, 
itching or heat-eruptions appear. This should not cause fright. It only 
indicates that urine has begun its function of internal purification. We should frimly continue our experiment and wait for the result. No medicine or any .other foreign substance should be administered 
in spite of heavy pressure or inducement of friends, relatives and 
dear ones. Any. transgression of this warning deliberately or 
unknowingly is open to serious danger. . Q. How long such reactions are likely to continue? Will they 
subside by themselves? A. These reactions will subside by themselves as toxins are 
eliminated. The patient should wait peacefully and allow urine to do 
its function without any interruption. Q. Does not the fast weaken the patient in this condition? How 
long can he sustain his strength? A. No doubt a fast qn mere water weakens the patient but the 
intake of urine preserves, physical strength as its alkalines and other 
useful elements supply the required nourishment. However in 
serious and obstinate cases a longer fast becomes necessary and in 
case the patient feels weakness, he is advised to undertake fasts of 
smaller durations. Thus if a fast of ten days is necessary, it can be 
broken up into two parts. During the interval the patient can take a 
nourishing diet of fruits, vegetables, etc. The only way this type of 
fast differs from that of continued longer duration is that it may take 
some days more to bring the desired effect. Q. How to terminate the fast? A. FuJI care Is necessary while breaking the fast. Ordinarily it is ·_-. ..;-w-. ;.n,;o~""''"l'flt;.~···';>.~--.=-·,~--w-~.....,.,~ ,,.------------------~r-------------------------­--... ,,, 
204 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY 
advisable not to resort to full normal diet for as many days as the 
observing of the fast. One must always keep in mind that taking 
solid diet immediately after the fast is dangerous. Q. What diet do you prescribe for the patient after compl~te 
cure? A. It is a difficult question because wrong diet is the chief cause 
of all disease. Wedo not know what, how much and when to eat. we have cultivated wrong habits of eating everywhere, anywhere 
and whenever offered anything. Moderation is of the utmost 
necessity on the part of both the guest as well as the host. The 
relations between the guest as well as the host in our society are 
such that they violate all the rules of healthy diet. At times we are so 
merciless with our stomach thateven after taking full meal at home, 
we accept an invitation of a friend to dine in a hotel where fried and 
unhygenically cooked edibles play havoc with our stomach. In order 
to make them palatable, a lot of extra spiece is also taken with it. 1 
can never over ~mphasise that these are the ways of inviting trouble. Anyone desirous of maintaining health must do away with such bad 
habits and conventions. Q. Will you kindly say precisely what kind of food is harmful? A. The formula suggested by Gandhiji in this respect is worth 
remfmbering : "One should eat according to the demand of the . stomach and not that of the palate. One who has conquered the 
palate has conquered all the senses." The quantity of starch in the diet should be as littel as possible. Overmuch of cereals and their preparations should be avoided. The 
dinner should always be taken three hours before going to bed. The 
following substances should however be altogether excluded from 
the daily menu : (1) White sugar, (2) white flour and its preparations, 
(3) pasteurized milk, (4) polished rice, (5) tobacco in all forms, i.e. smoking, eating or snuffing, (6) all intoxicants, (7) preserved juices 
or fruits, etc., (8) vegetable oil. A REVIEW OF URINE THERAPY : 205 
Q. How are we to cure the troubles of the ear, eyes, etc? A. "Fhe substance which is useful for the ,general organism in 
naturally useful for its parts also. It should be kept in mind that the 
disease of the eye, ear or nose are not isolated diseases. Troubles of 
these parts result from the to.xins in the body. If the whole body is 
attended to and purified i~ternally, the troubles of the senses and 
organs disappear of their own accord. ' The treatment for the troubles of the ears, eyes, skin, etc. is the 
same as already suggested for the general diseases. Q. Do you believe that people will give due consideration to the 
utility of this therapy and accept lt? A. I do not worry about it. It is neither my business nor my 
profession. The truth which I have experienced has been placed 
before the afflicated world. Everybody with a desire to be free from a 
disease and having a faith in this treatment will automatically adopt 
it. Others by folly or ignorance may not accept in the beginning but 
after trying other systems will not hesitate to take resort to urine 
th8apy. ,I do not feel any need to be impatient about its 
propragation. One should not adopt this treatment half heartedly or in a 
haphazard manner. Prescribed rules and regulations must be 
followed without.exception; otherwise a failure would result from 
sheer negligence and may bring bad name to the system of urine 
therapy as a whole. In conclusion, I must say that this system of treatment is not fully 
developed ~nd requires and up-to-date reiiearth with proper 
facilities. Obscure and long-forgotten practices should be traced out 
and , new methods should be developed on the basis of varied 
experiments. This will naturally take time. May God bless all with 
happiness. U.T.-16 l CHAPTER X 
EXPERTS• VERDICT AND WORTHY OPINIONS 
After the logical treatises on urine therapy by various 
practitioners, it is worthwhile to hear the verdict of modern medical 
experts on the subject. Here are some very revealing statements: 
1. "An extract from human urine shows great promise for 
treatment of certain deadly diseases caused by formation of blood 
dots." Research physicians said at the scientific sessions of the 
American Heart Association. This extract is called 'Urokinase' and it 
activates substances in the blood stream that dissolves the 
clots ... "Experience has been obtained with about 200 patients with 
Pulmonary oedEima, the. most common serious lung diseases," Dr. 
Sherm pointed out. Press Report: San Francisco (U.S.A.), October 24, 1967 (A.P.) 2. Normal human urine has been found to contain a powerful 
artery-dilating agent resembling nitro-glycerin in its ability to 
increase the coronary blood flow of the cardiac muscle, used for the 
relief of angina-pectoris. Extract from the Science Digest, July 1958 I . . . . 3 .. The .two researchers found ilnexpectedly last year that the 
urine extract which they call "Directin' when added to the culture 
medium ·causes all the cancer cells on which it has been so far 
tested, to align themselves end-to-end into straight rows. . fr()m th,e ~~prt t?itbe.Federation of American S?Ciety for Experimental Biology, 
April 1966, ., 
:These ~~tracts·;~3
the independent veridcts of the expert medical 
men and: researchers .. Nobody can ignore them. Now here are some 
iniport~r;ttopinions of some experts on.modern medicine: 
1. "~he Diabetes which ranked 20th as 'killer' a few years ago, 
~ow ranked only 7th. Diabetes can be controlled and not cured. "-EXPERTS' VERDICT AND WORTHY OPINIONS : 207 
Statement of Dr. s. S. Ajgaonker; Vice-President, the Diabetes 
Association of India . . '2. "Millions of persons will be infected by parasitic diseases o~er 
the next 20 years and medici'"'e will not be able to do anythtng 
about 1t, due to the developmeru of drug-resistant bacteria and 
germs." -Mr. N. G. Candan, The Director General of the World 
Health Organisa~ion. This expert opinion on the present state of modern medicine 
clearly conveys that allopathic medicine cannot cure 'killer' 
diseases. In such a state of affairs, it is only uirne therapy that can be 
a sure cure for them. After knowing the verdict of the experts, it is worthwhile to know . and understand some important-opinions of worthy and wise men. 1. Shri Hansraj Hans is a prectitioner of urine therapy and is. its 
good propagandist too. He himself has experimented on auto-unne 
and could cure his gout, and other minor diseases to a great exte~t. He could find it a great purifier c1f the whole body. He could get nd 
of his constipation too. He use? it in place of a soap and as · 
tooth-cleaner too! So he opin~s that auto-urine ~serves man_y 
purposes for him-as eye-drops, as·'both-cleaner, as soap to clean h1? body and hair and is a pain-killer to him in many a way! 2. Shri Kakasaheb Kalelkar says that like auto-urine there was 
mentioned auK>-perspiration in ancient yoga-literature whereb: 
perspiration due to exercise shoul.d. be. so _much massaged that 1t 
wou~d dry on the skin. Auto-blood I~JectiOn IS a well-known .method 
today used for certain diseases. Similarly auto-urine c~n well_~ a 
logical therapy. He suggests, too, that like homoeopath1c med1cme, 
urine-extract may be tried and its essence in very minute and subtle 
doses of various potencies can be a subject of research. 3. Shri Balakoba Bhave, brother of Shri Vinoba Bhave, states that 
urine therapy is a wholesome therapy and is very useful in having 
self-help in the field of medicine. 208 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY 
4. Shri Santabalji considers urine therapy to be a buon of nature 
and a blessing bestowed by God on man. 5. Shri Dinubhai Joshi, an advocate of Bombay High Court, 
discloses that may an educated and even judges have cured them 
selves by urine therapy. The State Governments should open up a 
new departmell( for the propagation of urine therapy and should 
appoint a minister for its task. Only by such steps· Government. can 
provide ary e:->sy and free therapy to the poor and the people at large. · 6. The last but not he least, there is an ancient verdict on urine_ 
therapy in' Southern Shaivaganga "Tirumandiram" (Stanza 830) 
which describes human urine as a divine and most powerful 
medicine. God Nandi has shown this sure-cure of (111 diseases. The 
truly wise person considers urine as the best of all cures. Its prowess 
is indescribable. · All these opinions are worth considering with a detached mind. It 
can be seen that almost all religions, all ancient Indian sects 
including the jains and the Buddhists have considered urine cure to 
be. a sure cure. Even t-Oe modern researchers are als'o slowly but 
unreservedly approving the sterling qualities of auto-urine. All these 
opinions and verdicts are good eye-openers. PART;V 
SOME RECENT SUCCESSES CHAPTER I 
BAD COLD AND COUGH 
By Hansraj Hans 
It was early 1977, january 20, when I met the learned lady 
Yashodharaji, her erudition and Spartan devotion to health care 
were delightful. Incidentally, I had occasion to ask her to try 
.auto-urine daily as a necessary regimen for making the body healthy 
and strong. She was th~n 30. It would be an advantage to listen in 
her own words to the account of her recovery : 
(i) 111 was a chronic patient ofbad cold. Gradually it grew and 
doctors diagnosed T .. B. For nine long months' I underwent 
allopathic treament. Hundreds of injections, tablets, capsules, 
mixtures, etc., were administered. The body grew heavy but there 
was no sign of the ailment growing light. Ayurvedic medicines·and 
the nature cure rituals proved futile.-Coughing up of blood· an,d 
phlegm from the throat could not be stopped. · 
The veteran Acharya Tulsiji sent me to Momasar in 1976 for j '. auto-urine treatment. For 25 days under the supervision of Bhojraj I 
Saricheti a long urine-cum-fast treatment was carried out with great 
1. ·, 
devotion. There were many ups and downs. But I endured 
everything with a do-or~die determination. For fifteen fasts the coughing bouts at times were of several 
hours• duration, accompanied with severe pain but neve• even 
contemplated giving up the fast. Cough is Nature•s sure device of 
separation and ejection of saturated mucus. · 
On the 20th day I broke my fast Gradually raising my diet from 
liquids, to butter-milk and then milk; I began taking bland food. I 
practised the Kunjal for several days. Occasion~tlly ~mall spots of 
blood appeared in the vomit. After two mqnthi, I re,umed the fast 
which continued for 21 days.
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        &it very heavy expendittll1e 
· for their medical studfes beeomes a ·great burden to them. So to 
meet their expenses and maintain their standard of nfe, they 
become prof-essionats and look at their practice only from the 
busif'l€Ss point of view and thus the mission for the servke of the 
poor is thwarted. In urine therapy, however, there are no such 
temptations because there in every patient is a doctor for himself. It CONCLUSION : 173 
reserve his. even an illiterate person can p. is a technique by which this own disposal quite freely. health by the natural menas a a well planned 
S iptures mean. Proof Self-revealed :. ~rc. ::md experiences of savants. It IS 
compendium of great thoug. knowledge to adopt a. generous and 
essential for the progre~ ~f ld answer all the quenes and dou~ts 
open-hearted attitude an s ou t the same time with a searchmg 
on the basis of the scriptures ~nd ado matically and cond~mn. those 
mind To stick to onels own views ~ lead to the falsification of 
of others repeatedly would necessan ·~dedness in the field of ·ews Such narrow ml. one1
S own ~1 
• er to knowledge itsefl. knowledge bnngs dang d any eXternal proof as 
· lso does not nee k h s The power of auto-unne a. h the author of Chara a 
its utility is self-re~:ale_d. That ~r:S ~nly, I. e. , it is anti-poison and 
mmed up its qualitieS m two w than this. It deserves all the 
~~a tonic. No savant would. sayhmorervice of human health. gaged m t e se · f attention of persons en 'b the properties of urine o 
Great Supports : Ayurve~a d~:c;~o:~ animals may be beneficial 
eight types of animals. Th~fi u~n: Charak but it is worthy of research 
to human beings as, speo le y h ·r own urine on their systems. to have findings of the eff~cts ~f t el et rid of the disease once for 
They instinctively use the•r. ur~e ~~s; of human being and human 
all The same holds good m t e be as Ayurveda describes hot, 
uri. ne too. The urine of a p. erson m::or but it is so only to another 
bitter, bile-increasin~ a~d •:fl~m:e to ~se the urine of other person 
rsolt I do notthmk It a ~·sa tall rescribed in urien threapy. :d it is notscientific too. It ~s ". ot,:ant/ auto-urin~ therapy. atp~r 
That is why urine therapy IS ldn I in exceptional cases I e. n be use on Y. bl 1 uch rare person Is unne ca I urine is not ava•la e. n s. k bite etc. when one s own. I It means that the 
~~:e;-it c;n be used in extern~. a~~~c;~~~~ne~~~ally and in drinking 
urine of a healthy person c~n e kue-bite or so. t'onally as m sna d' g only very excep 1 
• ft a mere cursory rea m 
I b · n to opme a er Most of the peop e eg• 
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of the book and without having full deliberation the subject. But on 
the basis of my own and others' experience, I can say with all the 
emphasis at my command that human urine is harmless and always 
beneficial. Used methodically and in proper doses, it is efficacious 
in all diseases. I say this not as an authority but on the basis of 
experiences of a number of patients from India and abroad. The 
statement of the well-known Vaidya like shri Bapalalbhai and a 
writer on Ayurvedic subjects, cannot be doubted when he 
unreservedly supports urine therapy. He has written on the 
experiments which he had carried out as true and enquiring Vaidya. Similarly. the d~scription of two T. B. patients cured by Dr. Gunanidhi Bhatt by means of urine therapy is no doubt genuine. All the descriptions of the cases in this book are genuine facts based 
on self-experience. There is absolutely no exaggeration in the 
presentation of all these cases. Must B. e Made Universal : The problem is how to make it 
universally useful. A number of friends have advised me to start 
hospitals where patients can be treated ·exclusively on urine therapy 
but I am against it, as I believe that it should become a household 
treatment. Every mother should be an adept in it and use it like 
homely medicenes. The urine therapy does not require any 
expenditure nor does it require any storage. The message of urine 
therapy should reach every home and village. It will surely be 
evolved into a scientific systme automatically. The intelligentsia can 
very well further its progress and can work out a thorough scientific 
method. All attempts in this direction are quite well come. Our tl'lis much will not suffice. We shall have to make more and 
more experiments and establish a definite system. We shall have to 
regularize it and put some restrictions also on its haphazard use. Urine is beneficial in its pure and natural state. I doubt if its efficacy 
can be improved through any mixture with it. Yet if someone tries to 
increaie effic;:acy of utility through natural methods, I have no 
objection. But one should be careful in such an attempt as it would CONClUSION : 175 
0 
• ma mind it WO. Jid be a vain dabble with its original potentiality. To y 
attempt. 0 a ree to start health centres in 
With such· an attitude I w. uld h g • atients may be treated and 
Gujarat and other parts of ln~~l=l e~:dyas, allopaths, diecticia~s 
restored to perfect health. S. y undertake research of thiS 
and others interested in mediCine :~:de ofdevotion service and 
therapy in such centres, but an_ a 'Tuh hould pr~pare detailed. · h ·mary necess1ty. ey s f self-sacnf1ce IS t e pn. var ing methods treatment rom 
reports of diseases, cas~-h,ston~s,. ;ons during the course of 
patient to patient, actions an :~~~~ and established a scientific 
treatment so that there can be e 
full-proof system. d. e a fair trial to this 
The intelligent reader isberequfie~t~ a~~r gpl:rsonal test, it should 
ot is proved ne 10a f 1 systmeo In case, '. d ublicity. If there is any au t, every 
be given proper recognition an p. It. also hoped that in near 
ld b ade to liminate lt. IS ~ effort shou e m. will hel in· starting research centres or 
future leaders of ~c,~ty. fo~ and its propagation. carrying out scientific lnvestlga'. portant precautions. First, 
I. I wish to repeat two lm bed. In cone us1on, be bl d nor its efficacy dou t m 
the urine treatment should not damet old age reduced vitality, H. on some cases ue o. 'I case i. is ine ectlv~'0 bod or due to some other factors. n 
high quantity of poisons m th\ ihat the predominace of one or 
such cases, one should rea ISe t llowed urine to do its work. h bo causes have no a ld t more of t e a ve h lth by this treatment shou no 
Second, the person restored_ to =~~ libe in diet and in unresr~c:ed 
think that he has been pern:''~ed. d" (and. living for maintammg 
I·• He must observe restnctlons m le lie. health. L_ PART IV 
WORK AND VIEWS 
OF 
PRACTITIONERS, EXPERTSAND THINKERS CHAPTER I 
URINE THERAPY IN NUTSHELL 
1. Auto-urine is an easy, natural and self-dependent means to 
health. 2. • It is germicide, anti-poison and a tonic. 3. It is a destroyer of disease and restorer of health. 4. It is nutritive, digestive and a unique and sure laxative. 5. It is equally useful to males and females of all the age-groups 
from childhood to old age. 6. It protects and restores to health every organ of the body. 7. It is incomparable as regards its merits and inexpensiveness. 8. It is harmless, faultless and is in consonance with religious 
sanctity. 9. It is helpful to a simple and a disciplined life. 10. It fulfils the universal law of circuit. 11. No diagnosis is required in auto-urine therapy. 12. It is a sure cure for all minor and major diseases all <3:t a time. 179 CHAPTER II 
THE CRAZE FOR MEDICINE 
By Gandhiji 
[Mahatma Gandhi while in South Africa, wrote a few articles in 
Indian Opinion on "General Konwledge about Health". Therein ho 
has given his opinion on the medical profession. He has also 
quoted a number of physicians. The articles appear to be more 
applicab. le today even after a lapse of more than half a century. we 
are quotrng one below because of its great importance for a seeker 
of ture health. Indeed it is quite relevant in the conte~t of the urine 
therapy.
The author believes that the medical profession is often based on guesswork and that patients should not rush to doctors or buy drugs for every illness, but instead, they should try to understand the causes of the disease and take control of their own health.
What is the author's opinion on the medical profession?
The author mentions that many experts, including Mahatma Gandhi, have supported the idea of urine therapy and have used it to cure patients.
Who has supported the idea of urine therapy?
The author believes that urine is harmless and always beneficial, and that it is a universal remedy for all diseases. He advises against the use of external evidence and encourages self-experimentation.
What is the author's stance on the use of urine in medicine?
The author emphasizes the importance of proper diet control and advises against the use of certain foods and drinks, such as sweets, tobacco, and strong spices, as they can hinder the effectiveness of the treatment.
What is the author's view on the importance of diet in urine therapy?
The author believes that urine therapy should not be confined to hospitals, but should be made universally available and accessible to everyone, and that the government should not intervene, but rather allow people to take control of their own health and well-being.
What is the author's opinion on the role of the government in promoting urine therapy?