Urinary odour as the Yard stick for suggesting suitable Homoeopathic prescriptions : A review and guide for future Research

Abstract

Observations of urine odour have reflective value in homoeopathic treatment, as they act as therapeutic indications for the assortment of a remedy. Urine naturally has an odour but the abnormal odour in most of the cases denotes a deviation from health. Information regarding the bacteria in the human urine is responsible for urinary tract infection (UTI), the pathogens which produces their corresponding volatile organic compounds (VOCs), that leads to abnormal urine odour is evident with recent researches. Artificial olfaction based on gas sensors and e-nose technologies also have considerable impact in identification of UTI. This article analyses the possibilities of these technological developments for finding the homoeopathic simillimum by matching the odor in samples by analyzing the volatile organic compounds with urinary odor observations on homoeopathic drug profiles.