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PANACEA (Gr. lravaKeia, all-healing, from was, all, and aueioOae, to heal)

PANACEA (Gr. lravaKeia, all-healing, from was, all, and aueioOae, to heal) , a universal remedy, or cure for all diseases, a See also:

TERM

term applied in the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages to a mythical See also:

HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb supposed to possess this quality. Many herbs have had the See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of curing all diseases attributed to them, and have hence had the name of " all-heal "; such have been, among others, the mistletoe, the woundwort (Stachys palustris), the See also:

YARROW

yarrow or milfoil, and the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

VALERIAN

valerian.

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