Is the 'Cure' worse than the Disease?

[truelies]

Drinking urine can eliminate sinus trouble, turn grey hair black and even cure cancer, a Thai academic said, citing a study of local Buddhists who engage in the unorthodox practice.



Ratree Cheepudomwit, of the Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Development Department, said hundreds of urine drinkers attested that consuming a daily cup worked wonders for their overall health and helped slow the ageing process.

She said that in June she queried 250 members of Santi Asoke, a strict indigenous Buddhist movement believed to have thousands of followers, and 204 respondents said they had learned from ancient Buddhist manucripts that drinking one's urine improved health.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1517&u=/afp/20040902/od_afp/thailand_urine_offbeat_040902151155&printer=1

[MidnightRider]

Drinking urine can eliminate sinus trouble, turn grey hair black and even cure cancer, a Thai academic said, citing a study of local Buddhists who engage in the unorthodox practice.



Ratree Cheepudomwit, of the Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine Development Department, said hundreds of urine drinkers attested that consuming a daily cup worked wonders for their overall health and helped slow the ageing process.

She said that in June she queried 250 members of Santi Asoke, a strict indigenous Buddhist movement believed to have thousands of followers, and 204 respondents said they had learned from ancient Buddhist manucripts that drinking one's urine improved health.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1517&u=/afp/20040902/od_afp/thailand_urine_offbeat_040902151155&printer=1
Gross!

[Tiger]

I've heard of that urine drinking before. I hear that if you continue to drink it - it will lose its color, smell and taste - but I couldn't do it.

It's just tooooooooo icky.

[wendy]

Sinus problems aren't so bad.....

[MidnightRider]

Sinus problems aren't so bad.....
I would rather suffer with the sinus problems then drink urine.