Urine Therapy...Wait, what?!

One of the questions people most commonly ask me is, "Why pharmacy?" And to be completely honest, it was not an answer that was easy for me to share for some period in my life. My passion for pharmacy has rooted from my lifelong struggle with psoriasis. Trying all sorts of treatments, from steroids to creams to light therapy and watching my diet, my psoriasis has never quite disappeared. I have devoted endless hours into researching psoriasis and what causes it and ways to alleviate it, that I could practically write a book on it!

I realized in freshman year at Berkeley that my psoriasis was a blessing in disguise. Now, when people ask about psoriasis I have so much to say and I love explaining the disease and possible cures to people. I want to be a pharmacist not only because I love learning about drugs and diseases, but because I love to counsel others, and because I have this burning aspiration to be apart of research to find the cure to psoriasis sometime in the future. So what does psoriasis have to do with Urine therapy anyway, right?

Urine therapy has been used for thousands of years. It's a type of homeopathy where one uses their natural fluids as medicine to heal them self. By drinking sterile urine, one improves their immune system. Now psoriasis is a disease of the immune system, so studies have shown that drinking one's urine or rubbing urine on the affected skin areas have proven to improve psoriasis. Many people are concerned that urine contains a toxic component called urea, but urine contains less than 3% of urea, so drinking it would not be harmful to the body. I was amazed by the information I found when I researched urine therapy. Here is a treatment that has been around for so long, but I just recently found out about it! And ironically enough, urine is not something you'd be prescribed by a doctor, but au naturel.

So this blog wouldn't really be anything without my personal experience. I was brave enough to try urine therapy myself! I took my morning urine and placed it in a bottle and chilled it. After a couple hours and much thought, I took a sip. It tasted horrible as many can imagine. So since it's safe to say that I won't be drinking by urine anymore, I decided to go on to plan B. I stored my urine in a dark place in my room, contrary to the pleas by my family members to throw it away, and applied it to my affected psoriasis patches after a few days. I began to see some improvements after a few times of doing this. Overall, I don't know if I will be able to upkeep the urine therapy for a prolonged time, but I am glad that I gave it a shot!

So for all you brave souls out there, try your urine once!

[Source: http://www.universal-tao.com/article/urine_therapy.html]