Vocablet of the Day: Panacea

Today’s Vocablet flashcard features an unlikely kind of medicine that will delight your sweet tooth:

The panacea-Manuka Honey snippet highlights a type of honey from New Zealand that boasts remarkable — and natural — antibacterial properties.  It can help prevent colds and flu, settle an upset stomach, and when placed as a plaster on an open wound, even fight infection.  No wonder ancient people thought of it as a remedy for all ills and diseases!

How does this happen?  Researchers in Germany recently identified the specific antibacterial agent responsible for the healthful properties of the sticky, sweet stuff.

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Some people think of Prozac as a panacea for all kinds of depression.  Do you know of other things that claim to be an incredible cure-all?