Can Medicines Made from Cow Urine Cure Chronic Diseases?
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in India through its constituent laboratories has conducted research studies in collaboration with Go Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra, Nagpur, on cow urine distillate for its antioxidant and bio-enhancing properties on anti-infective and anti-cancer agents and nutrients.
Four U.S. Patents have been secured since 2002 and one pharmaceutical product containing cow urine distillate with anti-oxidant property is available in the market. This information was given Friday by an Indian minister, Shripad Yesso Naik, in the Lok Sabha.
According to the minister, Panchagavya is a classic collective name of five products obtained from cow – milk, curd, ghee, urine, and dung. Cow urine is ingredient of several Ayurvedic formulations and also used as adjuvant with medicinal formulations and for pharmaceutical processing called Shodhana (Purification) and Bhavana (Triturition) of medicinal materials.
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Panchagavya and its ingredients are part of the course curricula of Ayurvedic studies at degree and post-graduation levels. Opportunities of postgraduate and postdoctoral research as well as extramural research on Panchagavya are available to the interested scholars and scientists.
Medicines made from Cow’s products falling within the purview of Section 3(a) and Section (h) of Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940 are regulated as in the case of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani medicines, the minister informed.
He said that the licensing and quality control provisions for such medicines are prescribed in the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, 1945 and the standards are given in the Pharmacopeia.
