Human urine therapy was popular in Western countries. Human urine was used as medicine. Drinking human urine, bathing in it, and applying it to the skin were used to cure illnesses.

There is considerable historical evidence of the medicinal use of human urine in Western countries. Here are some historical evidence.

Diodorus from Sicily (90-27 bC) in the volume 33 of his “Bibliotheca” reported that at his time urine was used as to improve teethes health (1).

Galen, Plinius (23-79 aC), and other Greek physicians recommended the therapeutic use of urine to cure burns, inflammations, and skin diseases.

In Roman Empire, there were persons named “fellones” who were collecting urine from house to house because urine was recommended for the treatment of ulcers. Moreover urine was also used to whiten senator’s togas (1-3). In antique Pompeii, there was a public officer named “latrinaro”, who was operating under emperor mandate that obliged the men to urinate in public facilities; if they do not urinate in public facilities “the latrinaro” squeezed their testicles (1-3).

Catullo (84-54 bC), the famous Roman poet, reported that Celtibers used urine to brush teeth and that the pharmacist of Cicero cured toothache with berry brew with urine collected from virgin woman. Moreover the Roman women made beauty masks using donkey urine (1).

In medieval time, it was common to taste urine to identify the presence of sugar and diagnose diabetes.

In the Renaissance, German biologist Burk reported some patients recovering from skin cancer using urine from people who eat cabbage (1).

In Japan urinotherapy was known since fourteen century used for the treatment of asthma, diabetes, hypertension and, more recently, for cancer and AIDS (1).

Shamans drank their own urine after ingestion of hallucinogens to prolong the hallucinogenic effects. Even now people from Siberians were drinking their own urine after hallucinogens mushrooms ingestion as well.

In Paris at the beginning of the eighteen century, dentists used to prescribe urine for the treatment of several dental diseases (1-3).

. In Europe it was used to drink urine as a defense from plague (1).

In the book Englishman Treasure published in 1841 there was a method described to clean injuries with urine (1)

There is plenty of evidence from western history regarding human urine drink therapy.I’m providing evidence from the present.Even today,in many western,european countries, human urine is used as medicine, clinics for human urine therapy are even open.See an example from Germany  below

Even today, there are examples of drinking urine in Western countries. Recently, a player from a Western country admitted to drinking urine.

Ben Jones, an offensive lineman with the Houston Texans, made headlines this week when he confessed to drinking a cup of his own urine to win a bet against his team-mates.(report)

References-

1.Savica V, Calo’ LA, Santoro D, et al (2011).: Urine Therapy through the centuries. J Nephrol; 24 (S 17): S123-S125

2.Savica V, Duro G, Bellinghieri G. (2016): Between the utility and hazards of phosphorus through the centuries. G Ita Nefrol, Feb: S33 S 66-31

3.Savica V, Santoro D, Ricciardi CA, et al (2013): Morbus dominorum :gout as disease of the lords. J Nephrol; Dec 23;26 (S22),113-116

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The historical relevance of urine and the future implications,
Vincenzo Savica