Guest guest Posted July 26, 1999 Report Share Posted July 26, 1999 Excuse me if this has already been discussed. I have only recently joined this conference. Here's a start for others to add to. Please feel free to correct any mistakes or add further comments. Perhaps we could add cow urine uses to the list also? 1. Fuel - cow dung patties (gootte)for cooking 2. Fertilizer - composting makes it even more powerful 3. Heat source - cow dung is naturally hot -compost makes hotter put in glass house to heat glass house or run pipes thru it to get hot water. 3. Purifier - natural antiseptic qualities 4. Floor coating - used mixed with mud and water on floors in mud houses. Improves water absorbtion of mud. Prevents muddy puddles resulting from spilt water. 5. Mud brick additive - improves resistence to disintegration 6. Skin tonic - mixed with crushed neem leaves smeared on skin - good for boils and heat rash (SP used it for heat rash in Mayapur.) 7. Smoke producer - smouldering cow patties keep away mosquitoes. Can also make smoked paneer over such smoke. Tastes great in pasta! Ash - from patties used in cooking. - 8. Pot cleaner - used dry absorbs oil and fat wet as a general cleaner 9. Brass polisher - tamarind removes oxidation - wet ashes polishes 10. Fertilizer - alkaline - cow dung ash is basically lime with a few other mineral mixed in 11. Mud additive - dries up slippery mud puddles 12. Mud brick additive - mud and lime (cow dung ashes) becomes like cement 13. Pond PH balancer - thrown into pond neutralizes acid. 14. Tooth polish - 15. Sun-dried organic recreational-aerodynamic-device -cow patty frisbees 16. Fan for fire - large cow patties can be used as make shift fans. 17. Deity worship - ingredient in panca gavya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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