"More than three million Chinese drink their own urine in the belief it is good for their health, according to the official Xinhua news agency."<br /><br />"In Roman times, there was a tradition among the Gauls to use urine to whiten teeth."<br /><br />"In Hinduism a religious Sanskrit text called the Damar Tantra contains 107 stanzas on the benefits of one's own urine."<br /><br />"In China, the urine of young boys has been regarded as a curative. In southern China, babies' faces are washed with the urine of other young boys as a skin protectant.<br /><br />The French customarily soaked stockings in urine and wrapped them around their necks in order to cure strep throat.<br /><br />Aristocratic French women in the 17th century reportedly bathed in urine to beautify their skin.<br /><br />In Sierra Madre, Mexico, farmers prepare poultices for broken bones by having a child urinate into a bowl of powdered charred corn. The mixture is made into a paste and applied to the skin. "
