Introduction: According to ophthalmologist Dr. S.R. Gala’s (1990) famous book, Auto-Urine Therapy, the real efficacy of auto-urine therapy is exhibited most impressively in the treatment of chronic asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, skin diseases, and such other diseases deemed incurable or requiring long and drastic treatment by other therapeutic systems. Astonishing results are obtained by fasting on auto- urine and massaging with it. Such fasts may be continued for eight to fifteen days. Before embarking on auto-urine therapy for the treatment of such difficulty curable or incurable diseases, some prior preparatory steps are necessary.
- Preparations
Before commencing a regimen of fasting on urine, light and easily digestible food should be taken for a period of about a week, a prominent place in the diet being given to raw uncooked vegetables and fruits. This will result in the gradual accumulation of vitamins and salts in the body, which will come in useful during the period of fasting. In addition to this, it is necessary to massage the body with stale urine which has been stored for about four days. For this purpose, some seven or eight bottles should be kept ready, numbered 1, 2, 3 etc. in sequence. One or two of these bottles must be filled daily for some days before embarking on the fast. Each bottle must be marked with the date of filling as well as the number. The bottles must be properly stoppered after filling.
- The 1st Day of Urine-Fasting
On the first day of the fast, immediately on getting up In the morning and cleaning the mouth, all the urine that is passed that morning must be drunk up. After that an enema of urine mixed with water should be taken.
Now the bottle of stale urine numbered I should be opened. The whole body should be massaged for about an hour with the urine contained in that bottle. Stale urine usually has a strong and un- pleasant odour, but do not let that disturb you. The sequence of movements to be followed in massaging the body is indicated with numbers in the figure on the right.
When the urine in a bottle is used up, the bottle should be washed thoroughly the same day, should be filled afresh, and should be marked with the next appropriate number and the date of filling.
A bath should be taken after the lapse of one hour from the time of the completion of the massage. If there is a wound or a boil on any part of the body, massaging the surrounding area should be avoided, and a strip of cloth soaked in urine applied instead.
- During the Entire Period of Urine Fasting
During the period of fasting, it is necessary that the entire quantity of urine that is passed throughout the dav and night should be drunk. If one is thirsty in the intervening period, it is permissible to drink water, either plain or with lemon juice. Complete rest must be taken during the treatment.
This regimen should be continued for 8 to 12 days as necessary. It would be advisable to carry out the treatment under the supervision of a qualified doctor who is an expert in this type of treatment, in order that his guidance may be available whenever it becomes necessary.
- Hunger vs Starvation
Generally one experiences feelings of hunger in greater than normal strengths during the first two or three days of the fast. But this hunger is caused by habit, and is spurious, not genuine natural hunger. These feelings will disappear in two to three days. Later on when the task of purifying the body has been accomplished, genuine hunger begins to be felt. This should be taken to mean that the required period of fasting has ended. If no food is taken even after this stage, starvation will start showing its effects. But it is very difficult to distinguish between genuine hunger and starvation. Hunger is a very personal feeling. When the mind is occupied in some interesting task, one does not become aware of hunger. On the other hand, even the thoughts or sight of a favourite dish arouses hunger immediately. Because of such complications, one cannot rest secure in the assumption that so long as genuine hunger is not felt, the effects of malnutrition due to starvation are not likely to occur. Nor can the arousal of feelings of hunger due to some special circumstances be taken as proof that the proper period of fasting is over and the adverse effects of starvation are likely to set in.
The conditions of fasting on the one hand and starvation on the other can be reliably distinguished on the basis of human physiology and certain investigations.
During fasting the body obtains the necessary nutrition by the combustion of foreign materials and toxins present in the body. Simultaneously the catabolism of blood sugar and fats also commences to a small extent. If fasting is continued even after the store of fats in the body is exhausted, the cells and fibers of various tissues in the body begin to get consumed in an attempt to supply nutritive materials needed by the body.
- Ketone Bodies as a Danger Signal
Ketone bodies are produced in the body as products of the combustion of fats in the body. These ketone bodies enter the blood stream, and make the blood acidic. As more and more fats are broken down, the blood becomes more and more acidic. When the proportion of the ketone bodies in the blood exceeds 2.4 milligrammes in 100 ml of blood,-a condition termed ketosis-they overflow into the urine.
The presence of ketone bodies in the urine is a danger signal, because ketosis leads to acidosis, resulting in a crisis for life itself. This condition is generally produced only after a long period of fasting, viz. a period of 40 to 50 days.
The patient who is fasting, and the physician who is supervising the fast, must keep a close watch on the external signs of acidosis, which include nausea, vomiting, laboured breathing (as if the patient is struggling for more oxygen), arhythmic pulse, dehydration, altered states of consciousness (as for example drowsiness or loss of consciousness), etc.
A chemical examination of urine becomes necessary on the very first appearance of any one of these signs, and if it reveals the presence of ketone bodies in the blood, an immediate termination of the fast is indicated.
As a general rule fasting for 10 to 12 days is completely safe, and even such a short period of fasting is generally of considerable benefit.
- Repeated Short-term Fasting is Safer
The fast must be broken at the appropriate time as ascertained on the basis of the above considerations. The fast may be repeated after some days if necessary. Repeated short-period fasting is better, and safer, than a single prolonged period of fasting.
Those who are desirous of knowing more about the science of fasting should consult the book The Efficacy of Fasting’ by Dr Dhanlal Gala and Dr Dhiren Gala.
1 The presence of ketone bodies in the urine can be detected by chemical examination of urine by Rothera’s or Garhardt’s method.
- Termination of Urine-fasting and Diet for the Succeeding Period
The breaking or termination of a fast is perhaps of greater importance than the fast itself. It may happen that the benefits of fasting are not apparent during the period of fasting. But the benefits will become easily discernible within a few days of the termination of the fast.
Extra care has to be exercised and additional precautions need to be taken at the time of termination of fasts. Patience and self-control are also equally important. The benefits conferred by the fast can be consolidated and renewed fasting is not required only if all these factors are accorded due care. At the crucial time of the termination of a fast, it is necessary to bear in mind that the digestive system has been slowed down during the fast to the point of being rendered almost inactive. The glands associated with the process of digestion have become dormant. The intestines too have become shrivelled to some extent. Great care must be taken in imposing the strain of digestion once again on all these organs. Each of the organs must be given a chance to reactivate itself in a certain definite sequence.
In the opinion of experts, fasts should be terminated, i.e. ‘broken’, with a very small amount of the sweet-sour juice of oranges or other similar citrous fruits. A fairly long interval must separate two successive ingestions of even these small quantities of the juices. The intervals can then be decreased and the amounts of the juices taken can be increased gradually. A bowel movement three to four hours after the termination of the fast with the juice is desirable.
- The First 3 or 4 Days
For the first three or four days only liquid diet such as fruit juices or the juices of the green leaf vegetables should be taken, and that too in fairly small quantities, which must be gradually increased. After four or five days of this regimen, it is permissible to include soft and juicy fruits, boiled vegetables, milk, buttermilk, small quantities of dry fruits, etc., in the daily diet. Normally a fairly long period should be allowed to elapse before resuming the normal diet of cooked food.
Being in a hurry to recoup the energy and the weight lost during the fast by taking more concentrated, more nutritious and fatty food is not only absurd, it is thoughtless and positively harmful. Diet following a fast must be rigidly controlled. As a thumb rule, it can be stated, that the number of days taken in gradual resumption of normal diet should ideally equal or exceed the number of days for which the fast lasted. Harmful effects may ensue if this rule is not strictly adhered to.
- Fasting as a Provisionary Expedient
The necessity of fasting is itself due to a failure to observe regularity, propriety and proportion in food habits. If the same lack of control in the food habits is to be exhibited after the fasting as before it, the body will once again become a storehouse of insalubrious wastes and toxins, giving rise to serious diseases.
Fasting is nothing but a purificatory, health-restoring and temporary expedient. A person who is regular in his food habits and leads a life of moderation and self-control would rarely need long periods of fasting. For such persons, fasting for one day or missing one meal every week or fortnight would be quite adequate.
- Weakness after Termination of Fasting
Some people may experience weakness or lassitude for a week or so after the termination of a fast. But this is generally only a temporary phase. When blood sugar levels that have been lowered during the fast rise to normal values as stocks of sugar build up to original levels, these feelings of weakness will disappear by themselves.
If on termination of a fast, the body temperature rises and one feels feverish, this must be interpreted as an indication of undue haste in terminating the fast and resumption of normal diet, or some lapse or carelessness at some stage. But this is no cause for worry. All that is required is an immediate reduction in the amount of food being taken, or resuming the fast for a day or two.
Work involving physical exertion should be resumed only gradually, after resting for a week following the termination of a fast. While resuming one’s activity, one must pay due attention to the condition of one’s body and the experiences one had during the fast.
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Source: Gala, S.R. (1990). Gala’s Auto-Urine Therapy. Ahmedabad: Navneet Publications. https://pdfcoffee.com/-auto-urine-therapy-pdf-free.html