Cow Urine Q&A – Part 2

Q. Are there other forms of cow urine in which it can be used?

• Yes, there are 3 other forms. They are as follows:

1. Gaumutrasav (fermented preparation)

Ingredients:  Cow urine 10 kg, old organic jaggery 2 kg.

Process:  Only earthen pot or glass pot must be used. First boil cow urine so that ammonia gas is removed. By this the odour of cow urine will go away. Filter it, add jaggery and dissolve it. Then boil again. Filter it again. Keep this mixture for 15 days without disturbing. Then decant the liquid (Asava) part cautiously from top, without shaking, so that the thick part (urea) remains settled at bottom and decanted liquid part is transparent. 25 ml should be taken twice a day after meals. All the qualities are similar to that of cow urine. This processing is done to stabilise the qualities of cow urine. Gaumutrasav should be fully used as cow urine itself. Quantity is little  less than cow urine dose. It is long lasting. The older it is, the more effective it becomes. Therefore cow urine in form of asava is fully effective.

2. Gaumutra Arka (distilled cow urine)

The vapour of cow urine is to be collected by tube device like in distillation process. An earthen or iron pot with cover having tube for vapour outlet is filled with cow urine and put over fire for heating. The vapour, which comes out from this device through the tube, is collected in a pot. The pot is put over cold water, to cool the vapour and get it condensed. The water under the pot should be changed regularly to cool the pot and the water inside. The tube of device has to be transparent, so that vapour is visible. If smoke starts coming out, reduce flame or fire. The qualities of ark (distilled urine) are not the same as whole cow urine or asav, as many components remain in the residue and some of them are lost as vapour. Yet it is more popular as it does not smell. Benefit will be achieved on taking for longer period. It can be easily given to children and women. If honey is added with it, it becomes more effective. Dose 12 millilitre after food with honey. Mostly this is used to reduce the cholesterol in the blood and to decrease the excess weight (Obesity). It can be easily given to children in cough and other diseases. It is more suitable for woman with tender physique. In homes it can be prepared even by using a pressure cooker. Removing whistle part of cooker and attach a tube there. It can be prepared using a kettle nozzle for outlet of vapour. Then the vapour should be taken through tube to the collection pot. Even small quantity of cow urine can be used in home.

3. Gaumutra ghanvati (Tablet)

Use a deep iron pan. Go on boiling cow urine till it becomes concentrated and salts remain. This has to be done just as sugarcane juice is concentrated and jaggery is formed. When the cow urine is concentrated remove it from fire and let it cool. From one kilo cow urine, 50 gram concentrate is available. Scratch it from pan and make round tablets of the size of gram. To make tablets non-sticky; burn some dried good quality cow dung cakes to ashes and filter the ash using a thin cloth or sieve and keep the tablets in the ash. To make colour of tablets attractive add one percent geru (Red ochre, Red clay) powder to cow dung ash. The colour becomes attractive. The tablets should be kept in the powder. The cow dung powder acts as absorbent. The tablets could now be put in plastic bags and packed in containers. When tablets get over after use, the ash powder could be thrown out. In Sun the tablets might melt. So we should be careful and keep them away from sunlight. If the tablets stick to each other due to moisture, it should not be considered as spoiled. Another method to keep them dry is as follows. Take cow urine concentrate mix with 25% powder of Harde (English name: Chebulic myrobalan, Latin name: Teminalia chebula Retz) and make tablets.

Note 1:- In medical science scripture mutrashtaka cow urine use is mentioned. Amongst all urines cow urine is best. Wherever urine is mentioned, it should be taken as cow urine. It has already been described, quoting references that cow urine is the best medicine, with no defects, simple, fruitful, in mode of goodness and harmless. Precautions should be taken to follow the diet for each disease very strictly. The table for diet to be followed is given a little latter.

Note 2:- If, on taking any cow urine preparation one has loose motions 3-4 times per day, consider it as cleansing of intestines. If it continues for more then two or three days halve the intake amount for a few days. Later on take full amount again.

Q. Is there any difference in using the different preparations viz. tablet, distilled, and fermented forms of cow urine?  Can one replace one for the other? Please clarify.

• Maximum benefit is in using cow urine in its natural form. The preparations are made for convenience. But one may consider that there is not much difference. Use for longer period gives full benefit. These preparations are for ease in usage and storage of cow urine. This is to make use of cow urine more easy and practical. One can take one form of cow urine instead of other. There is not much difference in benefits. We can take asav instead of tablet or distilled instead of asava. Only in case of diabetes one should not use gaumutrasav (fermented cow urine) because jaggery is added in asava which is harmful for this particular disease.

Q. What is the difference in quantities of these three preparations if one is taken in place of the other?

• Following is the ratio for three preparations:

1. Cow urine ten millilitres is equivalent to one tablet (600 mg)
2. Cow urine 10 millilitre is equivalent to 10 millilitre of fermented cow urine (asav).
3. Cow urine 10 millilitre is equivalent to 5 millilitre of distilled cow urine (ark). Take this ark with honey or water.

Q. Is there any difference in diet in the use of these three preparations?

• Precautions and diet depend on habits and the disease of the patient. There is no difference in diet to be followed in use of any of the three preparations. Diet depends on disease. It is very important to know according to Ayurveda, diet for every type of disease. To follow diet is itself important part of treatment. By taking cow urine there are no side effects. Even if there are side effects due to use of other medicines earlier, they are removed by cow urine.

Q. DOSE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

• For children above 15 years full dose of gaumutra ghanavati (tablet of cow urine) or other form may be given according to disease along with associated diet regulation.
• Children below 15 years and pregnant women should be given half the dose irrespective of season.

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