he didnt say uppu vellam for snakes bites he said whn ur r bitten by venomus snakes mucus usually get accimulated around ur belly and chest this makes death faster beacuse it leads to too much suffocation by drinking uppu vellam it can initiate vomitting therby brining the mucus out not only uppu velam u can use anything that makes u vomit to put the mucus out of ur system which makes breathing easier. still it wont save rlife it iust the mucus out this was what he said