She also said rubbing a cow in a certain way can help one control their blood pressure.
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 23rd April, 2019) Gau raksha or cow protection has an important place in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) campaign rhetoric.
Following the same rhetoric, BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya claimed that cow urine cured her breast cancer.
Speaking to India Today tv after filing her nomination from the seat in Madhya Pradesh, she mentioned some of the health benefits of cows and cow urine.
The biggest health benefit according to her is that consuming cow urine helped her cure her cancer. The BJP candidate from Bhopal is a breast cancer survivor.
"I was a patient of cancer and I cured myself by consuming gau mutr (cow urine) and panchgavya mixed ayurvedic herbs," she said.
Panchagavya is a mixture used in traditional Hindu rituals that is prepared by mixing five cow products. The three direct constituents of the mixture are cow dung, urine, and milk; the two derived products are curd and ghee. These are mixed in proper ratio and then allowed to ferment.
Sadhvi Pragya called the cure scientific, saying, "I am a living example of its effectiveness."
When asked about the current politics around cows in India, she said it was painful to see how cows are treated in many places. "Godhan amrit hai (owning cattle is like consuming divine nectar)," she told India Today TV.
She also claimed that rubbing a cow in a certain way can help one control their blood pressure. "If you rub gau mata from the back towards the neck she will be pleased. If you do it every day, your BP will stay in control," she said as she fed cows in a cattle shelter.
Explaining the cure in detail, Sadhvi Pragya said, "If you rub the cow from back to the neck, you will experience joy and the cow will also experience joy but if you rub her from neck to back the animal will feel uneasy. If you rub from back to front, your BP will be maintained. This is Amrit (divine nectar). This is scientific. A gaushala (cow shelter) is the best place for Tapasya (penance)."
