Panchagavya is a blend of five products obtained from cow and used in ayurvedic medicine. They are milk, curd, ghee, urine and dung. Cow urine plays an important role in Hindu practices and its curative properties are claimed in Charak Samhita. In Sushruta Samhita several medicinal properties of cow’s urine have been mentioned. It is known to cause weight loss, reversal of certain cardiac and kidney problems, indigestion, stomach ache, edema, in the treatment of discharging lymph and infested organs etc. The present study was planned to evaluate cow urine by using modern analytical methods. The parameters used for evaluation were presence of allantoin, uric acid and creatinine in cow urine by HPLC and UV-VIS spectroscopic method. This analytical profile was compared with buffalo and goat urine, which are also mentioned in ancient texts having medicinal properties.
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