A recent message spoke of snake oil as if it was something to be
avoided. As with most things that are denigrated in the medical
community, it is because they work so well, as opposed to not working at
all. Snake oil refers to the oil from the Chinese black snake which has
been known for thousands of years to be very effective on sore muscles
and arthritis. During the day of railroad building, Chinese would work
on the railroad, and apply this soothing oil to their aching muscles.
The medicine men who were peddling other salves which did not work as
well thus begin calling anything that did not work snake oil
specifically to get their customers to associate the highly effective
snake oil with things that did not work. That association still occurs
150 years later. (another interesting one is that the original term
quacks referred to dentists who used quacksilver (mercury) for filling
teeth. The ADA somehow managed to turn that around so most people
believe it refers to those who would NOT use mercury in the teeth
instead of those who do).
The active ingredient in snake oil is EPA an omega 3 fatty acid. So if
you check many approved arthritis protocols and medicines you will find
that they contain EPA as an active ingredient. So while the medical
mafia still denigrates snake oil, they are actually using it ( or the
same agent from another source ) in their products.
Snake oil is wonderful stuff actually:
http://www.bobsgear.com/display/healthnews/The+Astonishing+Healing+Powers+of+Snake+Oil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=snake-oil-salesmen-knew-something
Marshall
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