Sometime ago there was a vociferous slinging match about cow urine versus camel urine on this forum. Please let us not start that again, but this is a serious query. I came across the following over the net. Which led me to wonder, has anyone thought of patenting Camel urine for medicinal purposes or any research on it anywhere?
http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/world/20020703-4.html
India patents cow urine for medicinal use
20.39 IST 03rd July 2002
By IndiaExpress Bureau
A US patent has been granted to Indian scientists on the use of cow urine distillate as bio-enhancer, Minister Of Science And Technology Murli Manohar Joshi announced on Wednesday.
“A combination of Indian traditional wisdom and modern science has led to a unique US patent No 6,410,059 that was granted to Indian scientists on June 25, 2002,” Mr. Joshi said at a special function in New Delhi.
The patent has been granted for a pharmaceutical composition containing an antibiotic and cow urine distillate in an amount effective to enhance the anti-microbial effects of antibiotic and anti-fungal agents.
“The present invention has direct implication in drastically reducing the dosage of antibiotics, drugs and anti-cancer agent while increasing the efficiency of absorption of bio-active molecules, thereby reducing the cost of treatment and also the side-effects due to toxicity,” Mr. Joshi said.
The use of cow urine is known for a long time in India. Go-mutra (cow’s urine) has therapeutic values and the fact was mentioned in Sushrita Samhita and Ashtanga Sangraha. However, the biological activity of cow’s urine was not tested scientifically, he said.