Urine therapy
The Eigenharnbehandlung ( synonymous with auto-urine therapy ) is an alternative medical treatment method in which one's own urine drunk in small or large quantities, applied topically or administered by syringe. Also instilling described in eyes, nose or ears. The Eigenharnbehandlung is expected by their users to naturopathy and is the body's defenses stimulate (non-specific immunotherapy ), but this is rejected by leading naturopaths; also there is the therapy in any naturopathic textbook. Furthermore, according to the proponents of Eigenharnbehandlung, were in the urinary minerals, hormones and endogenous germicidal substances, so he - according to the user with therapeutic effect - could be instilled on wounds. The benefits of urine treatments has not been established, for the harmlessness there is no guarantee.
Composition of urine
Urine is a waste product of the body that contains the excreted by the kidney substances: especially water, minerals, end products of protein metabolism and acids and other substances, including urea. Urea is used in evidence-based medicine for the treatment of many skin diseases. In healthy subjects, the urine contained in the bladder is sterile. Mainly at the beginning of urination, it can be contaminated by living in the urethra commensals. For an application of the own urine, however, speaks the risk that it could be contaminated with bacteria in urinary tract infections, which can cause additional inflammation in the affected areas of skin (eg, Escherichia coli, chlamydia or gonorrhea ).
History
In the first half of the 20th century, the Eigenharntherapie was known by the British author John W. Armstrong. Armstrong had his claims to be cured by a 45 - day fast, during which he only water and their own urine have taken to move from a "incurable" diagnosed as tuberculosis. Trigger for his attempt was a passage in the Bible of the Old Testament: In the book of Proverbs it says in chapter 5 verse 15: "Drink water from your own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well ." However, this chapter gives a warning to the men before the adultery, and used in this context, the terms " your tank " and "thy fountain" as a metaphor for his own wife. In the following decades, Armstrong took before the Supervision of several thousand cases of urinary fasting. His observations he published in the 1944 book " The Water of Life". Armstrong wrote, and other urine therapists agree to him here is that the diagnosis of auto-urine therapy as good as no role to play, as nearly all diseases would supposedly respond to this particular therapy. In Germany, the auto-urine therapy has been known to the early 90s to a broad public by journalist Carmen Thomas, who took up the issue in their programs and in 1993 the book urine - published a very special juice.
Application
Although there is no evidence of a health-promoting effect Eigenharntherapie is used in the following diseases:
- Infectious diseases ( catarrh, sore throat, mumps, measles )
- Infectious jaundice
- Skin diseases
- Asthma
- Hay fever
- Allergies
- Osteoarthritis
- Chronic angina
Application form
- Drinking drinking cures
- Harnfasten
- Skin diseases: acne, eczema, psoriasis
- Skin care
- Cellulitis
- Wound healing
- Warts
Contraindication
According to the supporters of the Eigenharntherapie their risks and side effects are minor. An increased risk of auto-urine therapy in general or for specific application way of the own urine consists in:
- Decompensated cardiovascular, liver, kidney disease
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Consumptive diseases such as tuberculosis
- Advanced cancer
- Hyperthyroidism
- Acute illness with high fever
- Urinary tract infections
Summary
The methods presented here are from a scientific perspective on the proposed indications as ineffective at best. If people with serious diseases ( such as diabetes mellitus) instead of an effective physician-directed therapy a Eigenharnbehandlung, may threaten dangerous consequences of the failure to treat the seriously ill.