7.08.2009

THIS MEDICINE LOOKS, SMELLS, AND TASTES LIKE SHIT... GOOD THING WE DIDN’T STEP IN IT

It’s great to see that the ancient art of the snake oil salesman is alive and well. Entrepreneurs in India are cashing in on the latest hot item on the streets of New Delhi -- health cures made out of cow urine and dung. “You won’t believe how quickly some of the products sold out,” says Manoj Kumar, who sells a wide variety of cure-alls, including a “multi-utility pill” which claims to cure anything from diabetes to piles to “ladies’ diseases,” and a liquid medicine which claims to battle cancer, hysteria, and irregular periods. Along with the medicines made from cow dung and cow urine, a wide range of health products are also gaining popularity including cow dung toothpaste, detergents, a skin-whitening cream, baldness and obesity cures, soap and a cow urine antiseptic aftershave. And, from the “Gee, your hair smells atrocious” department, the inventor of the cow-dung detergent next hopes to create a cream which will help stop hair loss. (The Telegraph)

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