Marmot oil received scientific confirmation in a research report in 1988*. In this study, various corticosteroids (natural relatives of cortisone) were detected in small amounts in marmot fat. This natural cortisone substance is sufficient to give marmot fat its special power. This finding was new and unique in the animal world. This report points out that marmot oil and badger fat have been used to treat various ailments since at least the Middle Ages. The focus has always been on external use for the musculoskeletal system.
* Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung, 128, No. 38/88, research report by Hildebert Wagner and Dieter Nusser, Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Munich