Question:
Your answer to the question about allowing a dog to lick its wounds caught my eye.I was reminded of my days in dental school (1945-1947) and a chemistry class where we were studying fluids. Our instructor indicated that dog urine contained a fraction that human urine did not. This material had an antiseptic and cleansing quality. If one were out in the woods and sustained a cut to a hand or foot and had no first-aid equipment, proper emergency treatment would be to have a dog pee on it. Didn't they teach you that in vet school?.
K.F.H., Portsmouth, Va Jan 04, 2004
Answer:
Thank you for sharing some "naturopathic" wisdom. Urine from healthy animals does contain substances that help keep the urinary system clear of infection, especially bacterial.In poor countries, as part of a folk-medicine tradition (especially the Indian Ayurvedic and Siddha schools of medicine), cow's urine is widely recognized for its healing benefits. But all of this is from the "old days" before pesticides and other harmful chemicals and industrial pollutants got into animals' (as well as our own) food and water, which probably now makes their urine as risky as their meat, milk and fat. Ironically, salmon and salmon oil (touted as a health food and nutraceutical supplement) are especially contaminated with high levels of dioxins and other dangerous man-made chemical toxins.So I advise that any naturopathic, herbal, plant essence oil and other medical and nutraceutical products be organically certified to reduce such risks.
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