as in remedy
something that cures all ills or problems he seems to prescribe fluids and rest as a catholicon for everything

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Noun
  • Otherwise, don't forget the power of basic pain relief remedies.
    Andee Tagle, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some people consider dark chocolate a natural remedy for period cramps and pain.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But Wolff’s work and influence, alongside a simultaneous rise in the fields of psychology and psychosomatic medicine, helped to disperse those nostrums into the wider culture—and into the prevailing paradigm within which other headache scientists and clinicians toiled.
    Tom Zeller Jr. July 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
  • His personal integrity conflicts with liberal nostrums, resulting in Fish and Poinsettia’s bizarre repulsion-attraction rapport.
    Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Even the most bullish technologists acknowledge that there are no panaceas and that models come with tradeoffs and limits.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • While rent control may not be the panacea some hope for, observers agree that some measure of government assistance is needed, given the scope of the housing crisis.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The oil-free elixir blends l-ascorbic acid, silymarin, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid to protect against free radical damage, stave off excess oil production, and clarify pores.
    Akili King, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Made with 83 ingredients, think of it as part greens powder, part gut-health-supporting drink, and part adaptogenic elixir.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As Ellie is immune to infection, Joel's job is to escort her to Salt Lake City to meet a group called the Fireflies in order to potentially create a cure.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
    Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But with its long list of as many as 80 ingredients and high status, theriac was expensive and exclusive.
    Elizabeth Heath, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Zinc lozenges suddenly became the theriac to cure all ills; masks and hand-sanitizer, the ambergris and zedoary to ward off infection.
    Spencer Strub, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2020
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“Catholicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catholicon. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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