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Camel urine cleans liver, lowers gastric ulcers

Camels at a watering point in Naipa village, Loima Sub-county Turkana, July 31, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Residents of Northern Kenya consider the camel as not only a source of meat but medicine as well.

To the Gabra, Borana, Samburu, Turkana, Rendile and Oromo, the camel provides not only delicious and highly nutritious meat and bone soup, but also camel urine and blood.

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