Panacea (the goddess of Universal health), Hygieia ("Hygiene" the
goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation ), Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from
illness).
Panacea was said to have a poultice or potion with which she healed the sick. This brought about the concept of the panacea in medicine, a substance meant to cure all diseases. The term is also used figuratively as something intended to completely solve a large, multi-faceted problem.
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