The Romans used Urine for Mouthwash

We have a lot to thank the Romans for, they invented roads, sewage systems,
aqueducts and the postal system. Across their empire, they introduced public libraries
and modern style book binding. The Romans implemented the twelve-month calendar
and the BC/AD yearly counting system.
They made advances in surgical tools and medicine such as the caesarean
section. They made breakthroughs in town planning, architecture and law that are still
used today. On a day to day basis, the Romans were a lot like us; they liked to have clean
teeth, clean clothes and clean houses. Dental hygiene was a difficult task in ancient
Rome, and nothing got their pearly whites as white as a little bit of urine.
Romans used urine as a mouthwash, toothpaste & even as a laundry detergent.
Yes, because for them it was a valuable commodity.
It is a no-hidden fact that ancient Romans used urine to brush their teeth. And, if that
wasn't enough; they even used it as a laundry detergent to wash their clothes off until
1700's. Well, today the thought of doing something like that will nearly kill people but the
way Romans did it will always be surprising without failure.
But, have you ever thought what the main reason behind it was? Well, I'll tell you; the
reason is quite surprising but there is nothing wrong to say that the Romans did it
almost like a pinch work.
The main reason why they use urine as a mouthwash its because Urine contains
Ammonia and it also has a cleaning substance that results into clearing out everything.
Therefore, Romans were smart enough & due to urine's beneficial quality they used it
as a mouthwash to whiten their teeth. Surprising?
When they assumed that urine cleanses the mouth & whitens the teeth; they smartly
started using it as a detergent to clean their clothes as well. Not stopping here, they
even had a Laundromat called Fulloncia where they used Urine to wash off the clothes.
Jar of urine's:
Don't get into thinking that the Romans used their own Urine as a mouthwash because
NO they didn't. To get an amount of Urine so that it could be used in Laundromat had a
simple trick used by the Romans. They used to keep JARS near the corners of the
streets & a person who wants to pee used to come and pee in the kept JAR.
Well, the most expensive urine came from Portugal and was used a lot for especially
whitening the teeth.
Later, the enterprising individual used to take the jars filled with urine at the Laundromat
to use it is as a laundry detergent.
Are you wondering about the stinky smell? Well, they had a process to remove the
smell too. All they used to do is mix some water into the urine and put in all into the
tanks filled with their clothes. Later, one of the slaves was ordered to get into the tank to
tread the clothes off.
Once it was done; after removing the clothes they used to rinse it off with water to
remove the stinky smell of urine.
Many will obviously go like "Yew & Yuck" but for Romans it was an absolute benefit to
use it for almost 3 various purposes.

Prepared by: Le Jay S. Sardido BSED-IV