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purified, sterile, watery solution that is urine. The function of the kidneys is to keep the various elements in the blood balanced. The important elements in the blood are not filtered out because they are toxic and harmful to the body, but simply because the body does not need a particular concentration of an element at that specific point in time. It is this very regulating process of the kidneys that allows us to eat and drink more than our bodies need at any one time. Some of these components are well worth further consideration—such as allantoin (also found in comfrey, known as "bone-knit", and in aloe vera, which guards against sunburn); the amino acid creatinine (popular with body-builders); DHEA hormone (proven by research to have anti-ageing, anticancer and anti-obesity properties); melatonin (known for its calming effect while strengthening the physical body and immunity); and sex hormones such as testosterone, androgen and oestrogen. In view of such an array of ingredients, it is easier to understand urine's antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antineoplastic, anticonvulsive and antispasmodic effects. BIOCHEMICAL COMPONENTS Urine is estimated to have thousands of biochemical com- pounds, but only 200 or so have been studied. It contains an incredible array of critically important nutrients, enzymes, hor- mones, natural antibodies and immune defence agents. ACTIONS, BENEFITS AND APPLICATIONS Anything that was in the blood cannot be harmful to the person that it came from. Besides, when taken internally, the urine does not go straight into the bloodstream but travels through the digestive system, where its constituents are sorted out. The useful ones are used up again, while others are rejected as solid waste. When the level of toxins in the blood increases, this stimulates the intestines and the lymphatic system into flushing themselves out to eliminate any stagnated excrements accumulated in the colon. The amount of toxins found in the urine of each person is related to the amount of stagnated excrement in the colon. So the toxins, in such minute amounts in urine, stimulate a cleansing reaction in each individual and vaccinate and protect the body from illnesses. Studies on urea, considered the poisonous organic solid in urine, have shown it is converted into an essential amino acid once it is recycled by ingestion, helping our bodies use protein more efficiently. Urea has also been proven to be an extraordinar- ily effective antibacterial and antiviral agent, one of the best nat- ural diuretics and one of the most effective skin moisturisers ever discovered. Urea actually increases the water-binding capacity of the skin by opening skin layers for hydrogen bonding and thus attracting moisture to dry skin cells. As a natural diuretic, it is unparalleled and is also widely prescribed in cases of oedema or swelling, glaucoma, epilepsy and meningitis and to reduce excess cerebral and spinal pressure. Urea is an FDA-approved medicinal agent, and its remarkable and comprehensive antineoplastic prop- erties are well utilised in anticancer drugs and treatments. Even uric acid, normally thought o waste product that can cause gout, has tremendous medicinal implications, such as acting as a defence against cancer and ageing by actively destroying free radicals. Urokinase, an enzyme also found in urine, is used in drug form to dissolve blood clots and is widely used for unblocking coronary arteries in victims of heart attacks. One of the world's largest fertility drug—producing companies makes use of the ovulation-enhancing hormone in human urine to make Pergonal, reported to have had US$855 million in sales in 1992 (a figure that has continued to increase since then). More examples of commercial medical applications of urine and urea in use today include: Murine Ear Drops and Murine Ear Wax Removal System; Ureaphil, a diuretic made from urea; Urofollotropin, a urine-extract fertility drug; Ureacin, a urea cream for skin problems; Amino-Cerv, a urea cream used for cer- vical treatments; Premarin, a urine-extract oestrogen for skin ulcers, burns, infected wounds, and other purposes. 38 mg/day 32 mg/day 30 mg/day 12 mg/day 2.1 g/day 140 mg/day 35 mg/day 23 mg/day 1.4 mg/day 120 mg/day 0.40 mg/day 0.01 mg/day 4 mg/day 100 mg/day 308 mg/day 455 mg/day 14 mg/day 0.25 mg/day 0.5 mg/day 56 mg/day 100 mg/day 0.5 mg/day 10 mg/day 15 g/day 10 mg/day 3 mg/day 21mg/day 9 mg/day 2.5 mg/day 5 mg/day 0.9 mg/day 28 maiday 50 mg/day 24.5 mg/day 100 mg/day 0.03 mg/day 1.4 mg/day A SUBTLE SCIENCE Most urine therapists have never sought a scientific explanation for why or how it works; their own experiences have proven to be more than sufficient. However, as modern medicine's interest in 30 ¢ NEXUS JUNE - JULY 2002 www.nexusmagazine.com