>> Is it >> actually a viable survival technique? > > No. The kidneys use the urine to flush chemicals and salts out of the body. > Redrinking the urine simply forces the body to use additional water to > reexcrete the salts etc. > >> Would urine be good >> for flushing out a wound? > > No. Water fresh and salt are fine for this. Urine has no particular advantage. > >> Perhaps only if the urinator was >> in good health, or only for wounds on the same person the >> urine came from? > > Urine does not carry healthiness from one person to another. > Your own urine is unlikely to be better or worse than anyone else's. > > Basically it is not a medicine and is just as well left out of the body, just > as the bladder suggested in the first place. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Mar 23 2002 - 15:15:02 PST
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