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sivambu en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The Indian practice of drinking one's own urine for supposed health benefits.
    • However, according to medical anthropologist Joseph Atler, the practices of sivambu (drinking one's own urine) and amaroli recommended by modern Indian practitioners of urine therapy are closer to the ones propounded by Armstrong than traditional ayurveda or yoga […] 2020, Brij Pal Singh Chouhan, 211 Medical Therapies In The World (part 1, page 44)

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Synonyms

amaroli