Emeritus Professor Kook-Hee Kang is the person in charge of the Reseat Program, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Seoul, Korea. In his academic article, “Urine Therapy Briefing for Scientists”, Kang argues that Urine Therapy is not a superstitious folk remedy but an effective alternative medicine for a number of incurables such as chronic fatigue, lingering, a cold, nose allergy, diabetes, high blood pressure, and gout. Therein, Kang also outlines the application of Urine Therapy in military forces:-
“For a nation’s military forces, urine is an important resource for survival during emergency conditions, such as confinement by an enemy or isolation from others when food and drink are not available. Even worse is the critical loneliness such as created by a natural disaster when help is not available. Lieutenant General Ryu, former Commanding General, Republic of Korea Army Training Headquarters, understands that in a critical emergency a soldier using Urine Therapy could survive a disaster compared to other soldiers uninformed about UT.
It has been reported that the US Army has made urine a key ingredient soldiers should know when using rehydrated meals. A BBC news report of July 22, 2004 states, ‘The US military has devised a way to ensure its troops in battle need never go hungry – with dried food that can be rehydrated using dirty water or URINE.’ (BBC 2004). In the absence of water, urine could be used. Although the last statement mentions ‘long term it would cause kidney damage.’ However, there is no evidence that this statement is true. In fact, long term drinking of one’s own urine does not cause any damage, but aids in tissue reformation. (Kang, 1998)”
Article link: https://www.hongkongurinetherapy.com/urine-therapys-application-in-the-army-prof-kook-kee-kang-ed-dr-chapman-chen/
Source: Kang, Kook-Hee. (2012). Urine therapy briefing for scientists. TANG [HUMANITAS MEDICINE], 2(4), 32.1-32.3. https://doi.org/10.5667/TANG.2012.0033 http://koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO201201052159223.page
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