Urine is a sterile, antiseptic fluid
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Amaroli
History - Doubts - About Urine - The Technique - Diet
The Theory - Books&Resources - Questions & Answers - Testimony


I World Conference on Urine Therapy - India 1996
II World Conference on Urine Therapy - Germany 1999
III World Conference on Urine Therapy - Brazil 2003

Introduction

An explanation of the practice of Amaroli, Shivambu, or Auto-Urine Therapy follows. This practice comes from Yoga and is the use of one's own urine as food, medicine, restorative, transforming agent and immune system booster. It is sometimes called 'Your Own Doctor'. Amaroli is simple to do. It increases the power of the immune system, strengthens the Aura and improves skin health. Spiritual aspirants will find that the mind is calmer and more incisive, spiritual energy is kept high, and progress towards samadhi is smoother. If the practitioner has a Yoga practice and the correct diet and lifestyle, Amaroli becomes more effective. Yogis are recommended to drink in the mornings between 4 - 6 am. The hormone content of the urine assists in achieving a meditative state. A good case can be made that this practice may be the basis of Soma and that the right diet can modify the urine to achieve altered states.

Doubts?

There are many commentators who state that the practice of Amaroli has no effect and is without scientific validity. They admit that it is harmless but say that the practioners of Amaroli are mistaken and/or deluded.

The author has no comment to make about the sanity of these commentators but would like to point out that without exception, none of them have tried out the practice or done any research into it.

The author has been practising Amaroli for many years and has experienced considerable personal benefit from it. He is involved in a life-long research program that continues to expand, and is instructing and encouraging more and more people every year in how to take charge of their own health, and improve personal performance.

History

Amaroli has been used for healing and spiritual purposes in Ayurveda and Yoga since before recorded history. Cultural notions of acceptable practice have prevented its widespread knowledge. Perhaps Amaroli will never gain wider acceptance, but the effects will amaze the person who takes up the path, whether for health or spiritual goals.

Now this knowledge is freely available on the Internet, and individuals can gain the knowledge independently, without needing a personal guide.

Many excellent books are available on the subject.

The first writings known are in the Damar Tantra. This Tantra was originally passed down orally and is said to have been first recited by Shiva to his disciple Parvati.

In it is a section of 107 verses detailing the technique and its benefits. When reading the English translation from the original Sanskrit please keep in mind that Sanskrit words often have many meanings, and have no direct equivalent in English. eg. the term Prana, which has no English equivalent.

You can read the Tantra in these books......

The Golden Fountain - by Coen van der Kroon.
This is a readily available book and I recommend it.

Amaroli - by Sw. Shankadevanda of the Satyananda Yoga Academy.
Also recommended highly. This book is from a Yoga school promoting the use of Amaroli.

or read an extract here.

Urine

We all commence life in the womb where we float in Amniotic Fluid. This fluid fills our lungs, and bathes the skin. It is the urine that we make while in the womb. Urine is a sterile, antiseptic fluid excreted by the kidneys. It is the excess nutrients, metabolites and water from the blood plasma. It is not toxic when placed in the digestive system, which acts as a storage organ for the powerful biochemicals it contains.

The Technique

Internally

Urine is taken as a food and spiritual sadhana. It enhances the immune response, is a skin tonic and increases the supply of Prana and Ojas. Urine passed at any time of the day may be drunk but the best urine is the mid-stream urine passed just after getting up in the morning.

Collect the Urine you pass after rising each morning, rejecting a little at the beginning and the end.
The amount, colour and taste will vary according to your diet and lifestyle.

Immediately drink it.
You may then take a little water to follow. Do not eat for at least half an hour after drinking.

This is the main practice.
You may start by taking a small amount (as little as a few drops in some warm water) then increasing the amount gradually.

Constitution determines the effects that Amaroli has on you. Vata types get great benefit from the practice, Pitta types can get excellent results also, but Kapha types may not notice much change and only need to do it occasionally. Those in the change-over periods of teenage and menopause years will benefit greatly. Those older than 40 years will also benefit greatly.

Side Effects.

Amaroli mobilises toxins within the body and the improved immune system then attacks them. This can cause various symptoms such as inflammation, fever, eruptions etc. If you are ill and/or on drugs, caution is advised. Start with a few drops in water and work up to the full practice over months. Stop if side effects are unpleasant. These side effects will cease when the immune system has destroyed the toxins.

If your urine is unusual for some reason... for example you may have become dehydrated, eaten too much salt, eaten cooked or bad food, or eaten too much bitter food, then take care. This urine may cause the digestive system to empty itself. So if your urine is an unusual colour or tastes very salty or bitter, then either cease the practise until it has returned to normal or dilute a small amount with water and drink that instead.

Drugs.
Caution is advised. Do not stop the drugs but instead start Amaroli slowly with a few drops in water daily. Increase slowly and reduce the drugs as you progress if you are able to. Keep in touch with yourself and do not attempt to force yourself forward. Maintain Amaroli daily and go at your own pace, reducing/increasing it as necessary. Once the full practice is reached and side effects have disappeared, you should have no more problems.

Raw Food Diet
This diet minimises toxins and further enhances the power of the immune system to maximum. Ojas is increased and thus the urine contains more valuable biochemicals. Many of these biochemicals are made by the intestinal flora. When these symbiotic bacteria are looked after well and you cease damaging the bowels and eating damaged food, then you will have excellent health. The correct foods eaten at the right time enhance the immune response by another order of magnitude above that of Amaroli.
Read about this diet here... http://www.waisays.com

Yoga
A daily Yoga practice helps to keep the body in good shape, mobilises toxins and enhances the immune system. Prana and Tejas are regulated too. A meditation of only 15 minutes daily is proven to increase immune response. Meditation does this by changing brain activity so that the immune system and daily life are under better control. Hasty and irrational decisions are less likely to be made and the emotions become benign instead of destructive.

Fertility
Amaroli increases fertility for both men and women. Men will have increased sperm production, sperm counts and better viability of sperm. Women will ovulate more reliably and become pregnant faster. An Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle dramatically increases this further.

Pregnancy
No problems have been reported when Amaroli is continued during pregnancy. All the benefits that the mother obtains are available to the developing child.

Contraception
I have seen some references in the literature to Amaroli being used as a contraceptive but no-one has provided instructions yet. If Amaroli is able to do this then it must involve timed application at the correct stage of the female cycle. Normal continuous practice increases fertility and does not provide contraception.
The Contraceptive Pill may be rendered less effective, because of the increased fertility and additional hormones being fed back into the system.

Menopause
Amaroli eliminates the problems some women have at menopause. You will not need any drugs or HRT etc. and bone density will be maintained better.
Together with an Ayurvedic diet and Yoga practice, Amaroli makes calcium supplementation un-necessary.
Men also benefit greatly at this time (~45 years) as their bodies go through changes that are similar in many respects to female menopause.

Children
Should not be put on the full practice unless they actively ask for it of their own free will. A homeopathic type of Amaroli may be given instead during illness and recovery...
eg. a few drops under the tongue daily or a few drops in a warm drink.


There are other techniques which use urine passed during the day and also urine as part of a fasting regime. You are referred to other sites and books for information on these practices. Urine can also be used to cleanse the stomach, lungs, sinuses and nasal passages in the Yoga practices of Nyasa, Neti and Kunjal Kriyas. In the Damar Tantra the effects of taking many herbs, spices and minerals, together with urine, in an Ayurvedic diet, are described.

Externally

Urine is used as a cleaner, skin tonic and to treat infections, wounds, and skin diseases. The whole body can be massaged or just part. Do not use soaps, shampoos etc. when doing urine massage. They are un-necessary, toxic and urine has a cleansing effect by itself. After washing sesame oil may be applied to dry skins for extra protection.

Three strategies for external use...

Use fresh urine. This is best not left on for too long. The Damar Tantra says that fresh urine will cause muscle wasting if left on the skin. Use for disinfecting wounds, and treating skin disorders. It can be used for massage and then should be washed off with warm water.

Use aged urine. Collect, place in a dark bottle, stopper and keep for at least four days in a cool, dark place. This has a strong odour and contains ammonia. It is an excellent cleaner and also a disinfectant.
Ancient peoples used this for washing clothes and bodies.
Do not use this for massage, only for washing.
Rinse off with water immediately as it is mildly caustic.

Use boiled urine. Collect, and then boil in a stainless steel pot until reduced to 25% of original volume.
This is light and fine and excellent for massage.
It can be left on for as long as you like.

Resources

Books (can be obtained)
Uropathy a book by Martin Lara.
The Golden Fountain
a book by Coen van der Kroon
The Miracles of Urine-Therapy
a book by Dr. Beatrice Bartnett
Your Own Perfect Medicine
a book by Martha Christie
Amaroli by Sw. Shankadevanda Satyananda Yoga Academy.
Books on Urine-Therapy - Beekman Publishers online.
Books on Urine-Therapy - Kornax Enterprises USA.
IndianGyan.com
Aggarwal Book Center
Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
Sites (to visit)

Urine Therapy
- Shirleys Wellness Cafe
A Web Directory for Urine Therapy
Helping People Survive Online
includes part of Damar Tantra.
Uroterapia a Mexican Site in Spanish, English Italian, French. Information on fasting too.
Chinese Assn. of Urine Therapy
Articles (to read)

Damar Tantra an extract from this ancient text on Amaroli.
Urine-Therapy and Cancer a scientific paper.
Tibetan Urine Analysis - how to diagnose yourself by examining the output.
Dr. B. V. Khare - Nothing Unscientific about Urine Therapy.
Your Own Perfect Medicine by Martha Christie - includes a Rheumatoid Arthritis cure.
Urine-Therapy - a natural alternative that works.
Urine-Therapy - an article by Michael Braunstein.
Biomedx - Your bodies own medicine.
Just a Glass a day keeps the Doctor away - by Jeff Langley.
Making Your Own Medicine - by Roy Oakes.
Health Library - How to practise Urine Therapy.
Urine & Urea Therapy - by Walter Last.


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The Theory

First it is necessary for a little Ayurvedic background to be covered. To understand how this theory works, an Ayurvedic training is useful. If you would like to educate yourself, download the Beginners Course.

Disease & Ahamkara.....

All disease originates from ignorance or emotional imbalance of the mind. This allows the entry of foreign material into the body. Ahamkara (the unconscious or limbic/reptilian brain) is the name of that part of the brain in control of your body. Ahamkara controls the three defence systems of the body - Aura, Skin & Immune System. When Ahamkara becomes weakened, she loses control, the defence systems malfunction, and toxins accumulate and cause disturbance and disease.

Two Forces & a Substance....

Ahamkara uses these to maintain the body and mind.

PRANA is the life force that causes the body to act together... its gross manifestation is Vata. Prana comes from the universe, from air, and from food. Prana is the potential force which enables all life forms to exist, and all phenomena to happen.

TEJAS is the force (fire) of transmutation that allows body, mind and spirit to interact despite their differences. Its gross manifestation is Pitta. Prana produces Tejas. Prana fans the flames of Tejas. Tejas is the kinetic force which results when Prana is present and utilised.

OJAS is the substance of immunity, the glue that cements everything together. Its gross manifestation is Kapha.
Ojas is the foundation of your aura & immune system.
Ojas can be thought of as the sum of all the vital hormones and enzymes etc. available for action in the body.

Ahamkara is continually taking in Prana and manufacturing Prana, Tejas and Ojas. To have maximum supply of Ojas available, a high quality diet and disciplined lifestyle is necessary.

Ahamakara uses the period of sleep during the night to make Ojas. While she is running an active system during the day, ojas production is minimal. Ojas is stored in the muscles, fat and internal organs of the body during the night, for later use. Excess is produced and this is removed by the kidneys, and is present in the urine.

Urine contains the excess Ojas that the body cannot store.

By placing the urine in the digestive system you enable the body to use this store of Ojas during the day, when it runs short. Anything it does not need can then be excreted via the bowels.

Amaroli strengthens the immune system,
by increasing Ojas.

The compound Urea present in urine seems to be a tonic for the skin and is used in many cosmetics. A quantum leap in skin health will be noticed on commencement of the practice. Colds and flu will no longer strike or be only minor ills, from which you will recover quickly.

Ayurveda and Yoga greatly increase the effectiveness of Amaroli, by loading up the urine with Ojas, removing toxins from the body, increasing and distributing Prana, and controlling Tejas. On a combined program you will feel excellent all day, have no 'down' periods and work efficiently. You will seldom suffer from illness and live a long life with all faculties intact to the end. Yogis will make faster progress along the path to self-realization on a combined program.

Testimony

I had pneumonia, went to the doctor who said If you feel worse, come into emergency and we will put you in hospital. He then sent me for x-rays. Gave me a prescription for DOXYCYCLINE. I had extreme pain with every breath I took and took only 2 pills from my prescription because I was just getting sicker and sicker.

My daughter drove me to emergency the following morning, (in my housecoat) because I was so sick I was literally panting for air. My left lung felt like it weighed a ton and I could not sleep or lie down because of the accumulated fluid. I also had a lump *across* my lungs that looked like a piece of Garlic Sausage under the skin. When I touched this sausage it was all gooshy and squishy. My husband could see this clearly too as it was so large.

When I arrived in emergency I was told the emergency doctor was not in the hospital ( I live in a small town) and I would have to go to his office...I did. He insisted that if I took ZITHROMAX I would be better in three days. I took the prescription and was much worse.

I called the pharmacist and was told that ZITHROMAX would not be in my system more than 48 hours. I waited, and for the first time in my life I was very aware that people my age (62) died from this disease. I was really scared and had never ever been so sick in my life.

At the end of the of my 48 hours I went into the bathroom, gulped down my urine, and **immediately** I could take a half-lungful of air. This was at 10 a.m. I consumed every drop of (midstream) urine passed for the rest of the day.

By about 3 p.m. the same day, I showed the garlic sausage to my husband who said, It looks like it is smaller. By 5 p.m. I could take a full lung full of air and the only discomfort I felt was the fluid in my lungs, but it was much less than it had been when I started UT that morning and the excruciating pain was gone

The following day I continued to consume all that I passed. About 11:30 the following morning the Garlic Sausage was GONE! I could now sleep comfortably, it felt like all but one teeny little spot of fluid was gone from my lungs and I *knew* I was better! In only two days, I was weak, but I was healed!

About eight days after my first doctor visit and x-rays, the doctor's office called and said, "Libby they are very concerned about the amount of fluid that showed up on the X-rays and the doctor wants to see you right away. (This was a different doctor than the Emergency room doctor).

The doctor looked very shocked when he came in and I was sitting there with a big smile, breathing properly and obviously better. I told him about the ZITHROMAX and he said, Yeah, that's Bill's favorite. I told him it didn't help and he was shaking his head in agreement with me. I asked him how long it normally takes to get rid of pneumonia and the amount of fluid I had and he said, Oh, at least 6 weeks.

I then told him I had used UT and asked him if he had heard of it. He said, Yes, I've heard of it. He would not though, give it credit for healing my condition. He wanted me to go for more X-rays. I said, When my X-ray comes back clear, will you then give UT some credit.

He said, Nope, it was the ZITHROMAX. I reminded him that I saw him shaking his head in agreement when I said it did not work and his response was, I need you to go for X-rays right now, and that was the end of our visit. I was never called back for another check up. Libby:-)