Water Therapy Scam?

My friend, Joko felt like vomiting after drinking 1.5 litres of water every morning. He complained to me, the one who had suggested him on doing water therapy.

I asked him, Since when did you do this therapy?.

Since I suffered from rheumatic and excess uric acid disease, about 3 months ago, answered Joko.

You are doing the water therapy for 3 months? How do you feel now?, I said to him.

I'm feeling much better now, the rheumatic that I'd suffered before, I've never experinced anymore, said Joko. But, everytime I finished drinking 1.5 litres of water, I felt like vomiting, added Joko.

You should not continue on doing the water therapy, if you had felt much better. You only keep drinking a glass of water after waking up, and drink when you are thirsty, I answered. What you should keep in mind, is the amount of water that you must consume in a day, beside other liquids you get from your foods, to avoid your body of getting dehydration, I added.

I never thought that Joko was actually doing exactly as I had told him 3 months ago, because lots of people had been considered water therapy as just hoax, and nothing but a scam.

People who considered water therapy was just a scam, are those who have not actually make a practice of doing the therapy, or they might have used the wrong steps.

The Laughing Cons

I arrived to this health article on Ask A Raffles Doctor, titled Is water therapy harmful to the body?, which answered by Dr. Stanley Liew Choon Fong, Specialist in Endocrinology, Raffles Hospital. Here is what I quoted from the article:

The concept that a large amount of water consumed in the morning can cleanse the bowel may be over simplistic. Most of the water we drink is absorbed in the gut, and then used by the cells in our body. The kidneys would excrete the excess water. So, very little water is left behind in the gut to clean the bowel. Otherwise, we would all be having diarrhoea after drinking a large amount of water.

There is no scientific evidence that water therapy has any specific benefits to people with hypertension or diabetes. In fact, healthy diet, regular exercise and keeping body weight in the healthy range are the best lifestyle modifications for people with hypertension and diabetes.

The one that made me laugh was the statement ...having diarrhoea after drinking a large amount of water. The statement was contrary with my previous blog post, based on my own experience to overcome diarrhea without any medicines.

Diarrhea occurs as a result of bacteria or foreign substances (toxic) that attacks the immune system in the gastrointestinal tract. Antibodies in the body reacts to the process of secretion.

Excessive secretion process will lead to dehydration. Acute dehydration can lead to death if not promptly addressed.

How much exactly the water intake in a day?

Here's what I quoted from American Cancer Society, within the article Hydrotherapy, which the page is now no longer existed or indexed by web archive:

The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies of Science reports that Adequate Intake (AI) of water is around 3.7 liters per day for adult men (over 18 years), and about 2.7 liters for adult women. For pregnant women, daily intake is about 3 liters, and 3.8 for nursing women. A liter is a little more than a quart, so for men, this translates to nearly 4 quarts a day. But this amount of water includes all the liquid in your food and drinks, not just plain water intake.

But.., at the bottom of the article..

Drinking very large amounts of water over short periods of time can lead to serious mineral imbalances in the blood, and death from water intoxication.

The statement above had made Usha Paana Chikitsa, the dawn water treatment, as hoax, or just a scam.

Usha Paana Chikitsa

Usha paana chikitsa, the dawn water treatment, is not good if continued for long. The chikitsa (treatment) is used only in particular diseases and conditions, in which not all people should start drinking 1.5 litres of water early in the morning.

So, water therapy is just for alternative medication, and not for daily habits. Your water intake should only be to fulfil your thirst. Drink only when you are thirsty! All things that are taken excessively might even turn out to be negative, and getting unbalanced nutritions to our body. Notice on your pee! If it's clear, means your body is well hydrate.

Humans are more than 50% water and die in a few days without it. Space scientists eagerly search dry planets for traces of water. Nephrologists spend most of their time thinking and worrying about urine, which is mostly water.

When the heart fails, we drown from too much water. Now we are confronted by the bizarre prospect that water is the cure for hereditary diseases that grotesquely bloat the kidneys with … water.

Dr. Jared J. Grantham, The Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center

Water Cures: Drugs Kill: How Water Cured Incurable Diseases by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj	Water the Ultimate Cure by Steve Meyerowitz

References:

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Therapy for Polycystic Kidney Disease? It's Water, Stupid!

Water and Sea Salt Therapy
Water Cure
Cancer Testimonials (archive)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_therapy

Update: July 17, 2024

The Water of Life

The Water of Life: A Treatise on Urine Therapy

A book written by J.W. Armstrong based on his own experience. He had childhood memory of his mother smearing urine on his face which was swollen from a bee sting. Just like my childhood memory when I got an eyeache. Read my post about it here...

I had over 30 cases of Bright's disease and other afflictions of the bladder and kidneys to advise upon, and in no instance did it take longer than from 4 to 14 days of urine fasts to restore normality, and a satisfying state of general health. (page 57)

J.W. Armstrong was diagnosed to be suffered from TB. After 2 years of unsuccessful medical treatment, in which doctor after doctor proved unable to cure him, he started doing urine therapy, and was cured within two months.

Urine therapy is an entirely drugless system of healing that treats the body as a whole. The only ingredient needed is a substance manufactured in the body itself, rich in mineral salts, hormones and other vital substances.

You may find it to be disgusting to take back into your body, something that your body is apparently discarding. Your own toxic waste. As long as you can beat yourself (dringking your own urine), and then you might able to defeat your diseases.

Some people may not find the urine therapy to be a benefit for them, but for some desperate people, it became the last hope on finding cures. The book was published by Random House UK on December 3, 2004, which has 136 pages. Click here to buy The Water of Life: A Treatise on Urine Therapy book from Amazon.

Did you know that rabbit's urine is worth IDR 10,000 ($1 USD) per litre?

Would you believe it? A fertiliser price which is more expensive that a litre of gasoline in my country Indonesia.

Diseases in Which Diet Therapy is Important

In diabetes melitus diets may be used to control the carbohydrate intake, and particularly the patient's weight, since it has been shown that obesity can aggravate diabetes.

Diets of bland foods, such as milk, cream, and soft boiled eggs, are prescribed for peptic ulcer to avoid stimulating the secretion of gastric juice. In cirrhosis of the liver, a diet rich in protein foods is important.

Many physicians recommend weight control, and low-fat diets, in controlling arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. It's suggested that the intake of saturated fats may be reduced, and increased the polyunsaturated fats. It may be accomplished by eating less of the visible fats on meat, more lean meats, more fish and fowl.

It may also by subtituting skim milk for whole milk, using corn oil, soybean oil, and cottonseed oil in cooking and baking. Reduction of the cholesterol intake is not believed to be of great importance in controlling the diseases. Low sodium diets also have been used in treating high blood preasure and kidney diseases.

In gout, a form of arthritis, compounds called urates are deposited in and about certain joints. Urates are derived from uric acid, and ultimately from purines. Limit the purine intake by omitting from the diet purine-rich foods, such as liver, kidney, sweetbreads, brains, heart, anchovies, sardines, gravies, and herring. It may also be minimize by drinking lots of water to lower the purine level.

Diet rich in iron, proteins, and vitamins are prescribed for patients suffering from anemia to provide the raw materials needed for the manufacture of red blood cells. In allergic conditions, using an elimination diet to isolate the allergy producing food.

Source Encyclopedia International by
S. O. Waife, M.D.,
Professor of Medicine, Indiana University Medical School.

Fight Against Cancer Using Your Own Toxic Waste

Urine Therapy

Would believe it? Drink your urine to heal your cancer. Urine therapy is a method to maintain health and treatment that uses your own urine as a drug. More than 3 million of people in China who do the therapy believe this process will make your body more healthy. Also in India, this tradition is still performed by most society.

As an example in India, former Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995), became a pioneer of urine therapy, by drinking 1 cup of urine every morning. Morarjibhai attributed his longevity to drinking urine. He began drinking at the age of 65 years, until he died nearly 100 years old.

Urine compositions are 95% of water, and 2.5% of urea. Another 2.5% are mixture of minerals, salts, enzymes, and hormones. That means your toxic urine is natural substances. Urine therapy is known to help boost immunity.

If water is the best medicine God has provided, then urine is the best medicine produced by the body. Babies while in the womb of the mother as well urinate and then swallow itself through the amniotic.

Urine therapy is believed to cure many diseases, such as cancer, ulcers, colitis, asthma, heart disease, high/low blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, infertility, headache, and backache. It also can make your skin smooth, plaque-loss of skin blemishes, gray hair becomes back to black, relieve constipation, helping the circulation of blood, and urine.

According to urinoterapis experts, urine therapeutic dose is unlimited, it means more urine you drink, more faster the recovery. You can't get poisoning, or overdose, and no side effects. But symptoms may occur, the reaction is called Koten (Japan) or Meigen (Chinese), which means in case of symptoms such as itching, diarrhea, bone pain, coughing, bloating, constipation, teeth and gums aches and headache. The symptoms means that you are on recovery process.

Do not fear or panic! You may stop drinking 2-3 days until symptoms disappear. You may also be taking medicine for relieve symptoms while drinking urine. It is recommended to drink in the mornings between 4 - 6 am. How your urine is taken, get rid of the beginning droplets and the end. Take the in between only.

According to an urinoterapis expert, Dr. Iwan T. Budiarso, DVM, MSc, PhD, APU, urine contains minerals, vitamins, enzymes, hormones, amino acids, antibodies, antigens, allergen, salt and other nutrients. There are ten hypotheses on how urine therapy work :

1. The absorption and reuse of nutrients.
2. The re-absorption hormone. For example, corticosteroids that can prevent infection, arthritis and asthma. Melationin as a sedative and anti cancer.
3. The re-absorption of the enzyme.
4. The re-absorption urea. Urine contains 25-30 grams of urea per day. Urea is absorbed will be converted into amino acids.
5. The immunity effect.
6. The bactericidal and virusida effect.
7. As the salt therapy useful to facilitate metabolism, get rid of excess blood sugar, and remove toxic substances from fluids and tissues.
8. To give effect diuretics, namely to stimulate kidney, increasing urine production, clean kidney and wash sugar blood and toxic substances.
9. As the image hologram. Its Biofeedback provides full image of the body. Drinking urine will correcting and restoring the balance of body's physiology that have been disturbed by the disease.
10. Giving psychological effect. This therapy is considered as the healing from the inside of the body, as a mechanistic and holistically at energy levels.

Based on research, substances in the urine contained anti-neoplastic (anti malignancy), making it useful for the treatment of cancer. But there are also substances dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in considerable amounts, who have effects of anti-aging, anti-cancer and anti-obesity

Urine therapy is still become pros and cons nowadays, especially on the side view of the urine itself, nasty, dirty, disgusting, taboo or unclean to some religions, and toxic waste that should be discarded. Apart from those, this therapy can be considered for alternative treatments, if medical treatment doesn't work. I had once tried this urine therapy to heal my eye ache, by dropping it into my eye. But I'm able to continue it the next day, due to I can't get rid off the nasty feeling, so I went to see doctor. It all depends on you, take it or leave it!

The Water of Life, A Treatise on Urine Therapy by John W. Armstrong

References :

• https://www.urinetherapeutics.com/auto_urine_therapy.htm (archive)
• https://www.tanyadokteranda.com/kesehatan/2007/11/nikmatnya-minum-air-kencing-sendiri/(Bahasa Indonesia) (archive)

Colour Therapy

Colours are very familiar in our lives. Colour can affect to our physical health, psychological and emotion. Colour is able to support our interests, creativity and power of our imagination. Favorite colour selection gives a different effect on each individual.

Aura (an invisible light to the eye that reflected on something, but it gives an effect on the eye) in people who dress suit by choosing their favorite colour, would look different when using other colours. Although other colours are not colours that are not liked. That is the effect of colour. Not because like it or dislike of a colour, but the confidence that is formed when wearing a shirt with a favorite colour, is the cause of the difference of the Aura that reflected.

Certain colour is believed to give effect to healing, peace, and even inspiration. Here are three colours that have benefits for us and is able to affect our Aura :

• The colour of blue is believed to provide a sense of comfort, calm and soothing. Just as when we look at the bright blue sky, our feelings will be felt at ease, because of its cozy. Blue is considered to be capable of launching communications.
• The green colour is able to dampen emotions, and also provide peace. The green colour also helps us in socializing with others. Natural green connotes that is, invites us to always socialize with nature and our neighbors. When we are looking at the green mountain scenery, as if we are invited to unite with nature. This is what gives a calming effect.
• The yellow colour is believed to be able to give warmth, enthusiasm, and confidence. By being confident, our left brain stimulates us to be more expressive and optimistic. This helps our creativity to come up with new ideas.