We refer to thing as snake oil whenever it over hope , scams , has no proof in being able to do what its been marketed to do or when it ’s just evidently ridiculous . But did you know real snake oil plant ?
Snake Oil is a traditional Chinese medicinal drug that is made from the blubber and oils extracted from the Formosan pee snake . According to a neurophysiologist who examined snake oil :
Chinese water - snake oil contains 20 percent eicosapentaenoic loony toons ( EPA ) , one of the two types of omega-3 fatty acids most pronto used by our dead body . Salmon , one of the most popular food source of omega-3 , contains a utmost of 18 percentage EPA , blue than that of snake oil .
Omega-3s are full of life for human metamorphosis . Not only do they sooth inflammation in heftiness and joints , but also , they can help “ cognitive function and reduce profligate insistence , cholesterin , and even depression . ”
In the 1860s , Chinese railroad workers would use that Snake Oil to rub their sore muscles . They divvy up the secret philosophers' stone with their American counterparts … and then things convey crazy . People who heard of this snake oil seek to make their own , without the Chinese water ophidian , and instead with rattler — because they were shivery .
To betray hoi polloi on their products , these company toured the West with elaborated funfair - comparable “ practice of medicine shows ” often featuring live euphony , puppetry , acrobatics , blackface performers , and sideshow acts . The medicine show always culminate with a dramatic demonstration of the curative “ healing ” consultation member , ordinarily “ shill ” placed in the gang by the company .
When examining this kind of snake oil they receive that it did n’t contain one Panthera uncia of snake crude oil but instead some fat oil color from kine and red pepper ( to warm the skin ) and turps or camphor ( to give a medicative smell ) . The Snake Oil market and sell by these people did nothing , hence the Snake Oil reputation . Read the whole history of Snake Oil at Collector ’s Weekly [ Collectors WeeklyviaNeatorama ]
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