Urine Therapy: Nature's Elixir for Good Health (Paperback)

~ Flora Peschek-Böhmer Ph.D. (Author), Gisela Schreiber (Author), Flora, Ph.D Peschek-Bohmer (Author) "The things taught by mother need to be overcome..." (more)
Key Phrases: morning midstream urine, urine compresses, urine massages (more...)

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"I recommend this book as an extremely interesting look at a common, inexpensive, and renewable way of healing yourself."
(Jennifer Hoskins, New Dawn, Sept-Oct 2006 )

Product Description

An introduction to urine therapy 's amazing effectiveness in treating a wide array of physical complaints.

Contains effective treatments for acne, asthma, hair loss, indigestion, infections, migraines, warts, wrinkles, and many other common ailments.

Examines the historical use of urine therapy in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Includes a program for overcoming initial aversion to urine therapy.

If you are like most people, trained from their earliest years to regard urine as a mere waste product, the thought of using it for its healing powers may seem shocking. Yet urine has long played an important role in the holistic medical traditions of societies all over the world, and is even mentioned in the Ebers Medical Papyri of ancient Egypt. For centuries people have been availing themselves of urine's incredible curative powers for ailments ranging from anemia to warts. Urine is free, sterile, and acts homeopathically to "prepare" the immune system. Urine Therapy includes many case histories of people who have successfully treated their ailments with urine, along with cogent explanations of why urine does what it does, how to ensure that the wastes flushed out with your urine aren't taken back in, and why urine may be the best tonic available for your immune system. In addition to protocols for using urine to treat a wide array of diseases, the book offers a program that teaches you step-by-step to overcome any initial aversion to urine therapy. Still playing an important role in the medical systems of countries as diverse as Germany, Japan, and India, this surprising health treatment has been gaining popularity in the United States.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Healing Arts Press (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892817992
• ISBN-13: 978-0892817993
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #229,600 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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105 of 109 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Superficial and misleading, but some good practical tips., May 28, 2001

By	tepi "tepi" - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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URINE THERAPY : NATURE'S ELIXIR FOR GOOD HEALTH by Flora Peschek-Bohmer, Ph.D., and Gisela Schreiber. Translated from the German by Hans-Georg Bakker. 152 pp. Rochester, Vermont : Healing Arts Press, 1999.

After having read Martha Christy and Coen van der Kroon on Urine Therapy, I had high hopes for the present book but must confess myself disappointed. Whereas the former two writers address themselves to mature adults of average intelligence, Peschek-Bohmer's book seems intended for readers of a mental age of about ten or twelve, or infantile adults who are unamenable to reason and who need to be taken by the hand and jollied along at every step.

Her very short book, which can be read in an hour or two, breaks down into two parts. The first 50 pages are taken up with rather superficial introductory material in which the reader is given a wholly false idea of the kidneys, and in which absolutely NOTHING is said about the remarkable constituents of urine - its many hormones, vitamins, enzymes, minerals, proteins, etc., - although she finally does get around to mentioning Melatonin (a powerful natural tranquillizer) on page 147. The book also seems to me to be highly misleading on other essential matters.

Not only that, but throughout the book there are constant reminders of the need to consult a "medical professional" of one sort or another, when the whole aim of Urine Therapy is to free us from our dependence upon such people, most of whom have a proven track record of failure.

The remaining 100 pages of the book, 'Treatment and Applications,' are taken up with basic practical advice as to how we can use urine to help alleviate or cure a whole range of ailments, though in many cases, once again, not without the 'help' of those benevolent and concerned "medical professionals" who, as we know, have managed to make the curative properties of urine the best-kept secret in medical history.

Although there is a certain amount of very good advice in 'Treatment and Applications,' the hundred or so ailments have been classified in such a way - e.g., under 'Arms/Hands, Legs/Feet, Skin, Body,' etc., - as to sometimes make a specific ailment difficult to locate. I finally discovered Arthritis listed as Arthrosis under Arms/Hands on page 80. This problem could have easily been remedied by the inclusion of a simple index, but unfortunately the book lacks an index.

There are currently three other books available on Urine Therapy : Martha Christy's 'Your Own Perfect Medicine,' Coen van der Kroon's 'The Golden Fountain,' and John W. Armstrong's classic study 'The Water of Life.' I can heartily recommend any of these to mature and open-minded readers who have a bit of common sense, and who can grasp the idea that the body knows how to care for itself.

Others, who may need their hand holding, and whose fixed ideas about urine are so rigid that they need to be coaxed and jollied along, may find the Peschek-Bohmer a useful guide, but they will be left puzzled as to why urine works. A whole dimension of Urine Therapy has been totally ignored, one beautifully covered, for example, by van der Kroon, but I suppose we must be grateful for any book, no matter how superficial and misleading, which is basically positive and sets out to teach us at least something about this miraculous therapy.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Read!, November 7, 2008

By	F. Poli "Fabrizio Poli" (Chorley,Lancashire, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Did you know that the best nutritional supplement in the world is something everyone can afford. In this book you'll find what wonders come as you drink your urine! May sound strange and initially I found the idea a bit gory but this book convinced me it was worth a try. The results are absolutely unbelievable! Give it a try!

5 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Golden Accolades for "Urine Therapy" , October 25, 2008

By	Northern Man (The Frosty North) - See all my reviews

I must admit this is rather embarrassing. You see being a smoker for 15 years and working a job where I've been on my butt all the time has really affected my health. High blood pressure, low stamina. It was the worst

This was especially noticeable in my love life. You see I used to have Erectile dysfunction. It progressed slowly over time so I hardly noticed it. But you see, the wife really noticed it. So there I was threatened with a divorce over my poor performance in bed. I had to do something.

Finally I confided in a hobo that lives in the alley outside my building. I really trust his secrecy because he speaks in a Junkpan hobo dialect that few people know.
I am slightly fluent in because my father is Half-Hobo and so the folksy hooverville vernacular was occasionally spoken when the extended family was over for holidays.
Anyway, he suggested something to the effect(roughly translated: "Let the wife pee on you that'll get you a stiffy By-jimmy"

It was at that moment that I was intrigued. So I picked up all the expert books on this subject. Some were a little advanced. Some required some elaborate distillers and condensers for more elaborate golden shower therapy. Some even required centrifuges.

I was just looking for an introductory text. And to quote Junkpan Sam
"That'll fix it"

So I finally convinced my wife to urinate on me and I immediately "went to full mast" and savagely rashed her much like Junkpan Sam ravishes moldy bagels and day old half eaten ham and cheese pita in the dumpster behind the Jewish deli.

Anyway with urine therapy be careful to measure out your dose. Increase it only a few cc's at a time. I remember a student on the same floor of my dorm that overdosed on urine and went streaking naked yelling "the piss goes in my mouf!!" While this sort of behavior is par for the course at the University of Wisconsin Stout it was particularly unusual because it was in the middle of the day and in the middle of a "Students for Bob Dole" assembly. Poor kid, he had nice parents too.

Hope this review helps.