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Urine

Urine has long been credited with magical and medicinal properties. It has been featured in black magic rituals. It has been mixed with wine, herbs, or oils; used as an ointment and in pills; employed in amulets, talismans, and charms ; and used in aphrodisiacs and fertility potions.

Medicinally, urine has unusual properties. It contains ammonia, which can neutralize acids, and is usually free from bacteria, thus has disinfectant properties. Women have drunk urine from their husbands to speed up childbirth or have been given their own urine to relieve hysteria. Male urine contains androsterone, a male hormone, and it has long been believed that drinking one's own urine improves health and virility. Moraji Desai, former prime minister of India, openly admitted to drinking a small quantity of his own urine each morning for health reasons.