About Gomutra (Cow Urine)

Cow is recognized as worship animal and occupies a unique place in the Indian tradition. In our tradition cow urine also called as Gomutra. It has various medicinal as well as agricultural uses and importance as water of life. Before thousands of years, cow urine has been used for spiritual and ritual purposes as well as a medicinal to treat various disorders. Several Ayurvedic texts have documented the medicinal properties of cow urine. Sushruta referred to cow urine as Medhya, indicating its nootropic or cognitive-enhancing effects. Cow urine also used as adjuvant with various drugs to increase their bio-availability. Apart from therapeutic uses, cow urine is being used during many pharmaceutical processing like Shodhan (purification) of many herbal and mineral drugs to make them therapeutic efficient. Although, various studies found its anti-oxidant, immunomodulatory, antidiabetic, anti-obesity, anti-microbial, anti-cancer, bio-enhancing, analgesic effect, but further researches would require to explore its potential in different fields especially cancer.