The customs and traditions of ancient times were quite different from those of today. In that period, people were hunters, farmers, and also used natural things in their everyday life. But some things are so strange and strange that today’s people get astonished when they hear them. If we talk about the ancient Romans, they also used to do many strange things. The Romans are famous for one thing. Those people used urine (Romans use urine to clean clothes) for mouth wash, washing and dyeing clothes.
Mental Floss website reports According to this, if urine is left for a long time, it gets converted into ammonia after rotting. Ammonia is considered an excellent cleaning agent. It removes spots easily. Roman author Catullus had also confirmed that people of that era used human and animal urine as mouthwash and to keep their teeth clean.
In Rome, animals were also treated with urine. (Symbolic photo: Canva)
Used to wash clothes
You will be surprised to know that urine also contains nitrogen and phosphorus. Which is very helpful in growing plants. Roman author Columella also wrote that old human urine was used to grow pomegranates, which made them more juicy and sweeter. Along with teeth, the Romans also used urine to wash and dye their clothes. Urine contains urea which when converted into ammonia becomes an excellent cleaning agent. With this, grease or oil stains are easily removed. Due to ammonia, the dye easily stuck to the clothes and remained that way for a long time. In this way the work of dyeing clothes was done.
Urine was used in the treatment of animals
Roman writer Columella says that human urine was also used to treat animals. Sheep who had bile problems were fed human urine. Animals who had lung problems were given urine through the nose. Many times human feces and urine were also used in making leather.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: May 18, 2024, 08:31 IST
