CHINA AUTO-URINE THERAPY ASSOCIATION

*Drinking your own urine: The unorthodox Chinese 'miracle cure'*

by Nectar Gan

*SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST*

The China Urine Therapy Association claims that drinking urine can 'improve the body's ability to fight diseases'.

There are 100,000 people practising urine therapy in mainland China.

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According to the China Urine Therapy Association's website, the "theory" behind drinking urine lies in the fact that the fluid differs from excrement, and

 *(urine)comes from the circulation of blood which absorbs nutrients in food and is therefore a “genuine metabolic product”*

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The site claims that urine has both antigens and antibodies, and by drinking urine, one can reabsorb these substances and improve the body’s ability to fight diseases. It also argues that because the components of urine come from the body itself, urine “works better than synthetic medicine and has no side effects”.

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According to Wuhan Evening News, a 21-year-old man named Xiaoliu told the newspaper that urine therapy cured his hyperthyroidism. Xiaoliu was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in 2010, and took subscribed medication for a year and a half but stopped because he felt it “had no effect”. After learning about urine therapy on the internet, he decided to give it a try.

In his first two attempts to drink urine, Xiaoliu threw up due to its strong smell. But gradually, he became used to it and began consuming anywhere from 100 to 150 millilitres per drink. After a year, he went for a medical examination and the results showed that his thyroid figures had all returned to normal.

For 79-year-old Bao Yafu, (the Chairman of the China Urine Therapy Association) urine therapy is just another daily routine: he drinks three cups of his own urine every day, and even washes his eyes and wipes his face with it.“

In these 22 years [of urine therapy], I never caught a cold. My eyesight has become clearer and I don’t have any age pigment,” Bao told local newspaper Wuhan Evening News, also revealing that a medical check conducted by a local hospital recently showed that he has the bone density of a 30-year-old.