After its proposal to make floor cleaners using cow urine, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to give a push to the use of cow urine in preparing medicines.
“The Ayurveda department has prepared eight medicines using gau mutra which can prove to be useful in case of liver ailments, joint pain and immunity deficiency,” the department’s director Dr RR Chaudhary told.
“The department, which has two pharmacies (in Lucknow and Pilibhit) along with other private units, is preparing Ayurvedic medicines using cow urine, cow milk and ghee,” he said.
There are eight Ayurvedic medical colleges in the state in Banda, Jhansi, Muzaffarnagar, Allahabad, Varanasi, Bareilly, Lucknow and Pilibhit.
“In these medical colleges, degree course in Ayurvedic medicine is imparted. Along with this, in these medical colleges, every day thousands of patients come for treatment.
