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Snake oil from Chinese water snakes may actually have some effect on conditions like arthritis because it contains large quantities of omega 3 fatty acids. Most of the “snake oil” sold in the west was fake and just mineral oil, or sometimes rattlesnake oil.
It sure was an interesting coincidence that idpol became so rampant right after the whole occupy movement.