What is "panacea"

Panacea \Pan`a*ce"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. pana`keia fr. panakh`s all-healing; pa^s pa^n, all + 'akei^sqai to heal.]

1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction.

2. (Bot.) The herb allheal.

"universal remedy," 1540s, from Latin panacea, a herb (variously identified) that would heal all illnesses, from Greek panakeia "cure-all," from panakes "all-healing," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + akos "cure," from iasthai "to heal" (see -iatric). Earlier in English as panace (1510s).

n. 1 A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all. 2 Something that will solve all problems. 3 (context obsolete English) A particular plant believed to provide a cure-all.

n. hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: nostrum, cure-all]

Panacea is the goddess of healing in Greek mythology.

Panacea may also refer to:

• Panacea (medicine), a cure-all, either physical medication or a solution to a problem
• Panacea (group), an American hip-hop duo
• Panacea, Florida, an unincorporated community in U.S.
• Panacea Biotec, an Indian pharmaceutical and health-management research company
• Panacea Society, a religious group based in Bedford, England
• The Panacea or Mathis Mootz, a German electronic musician, DJ and producer
• Panacea (butterfly), a butterfly genus in the subfamily Biblidinae
• Panacea, a character in the Asterix series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
• Panacea, a section of " The Fountain of Lamneth", a song by Rush

The panacea , named after the Greek goddess of universal remedy Panakeia, Panacea, also known as panchrest, was supposed to be a remedy that would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. It was sought by the alchemists as a connection to the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone, a mythical substance which would enable the transmutation of common metals into gold.

The Cahuilla Indian people of the Colorado Desert region of California, according to legend, used the red sap of the elephant tree (or Bursera microphylla) as a panacea medicine.

A panacea (or panaceum) is also a literary term to represent any solution to solve all problems related to a particular issue.

The Latin genus name of ginseng is Panax, (or "panacea") reflecting Linnean understanding that ginseng was widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a cure-all.

Panacea is an American hip hop duo, formed in 2003 in Washington, D.C., United States. The duo consists of MC Raw Poetic (Jason Moore) and producer K-Murdock (Kyle Murdock),. Throughout their musical career, Panacea has had deals with various labels, including: Glow-in-the-Dark-Records, Rawkus Records and Tasteful Licks. They currently release their music under K-Murdock's imprint, Neosonic Productions.

Combining old-school rhyming with soulful beats, the Washington D.C. duo Panacea have drawn comparisons to revered hip-hoppers like The Roots, Gang Starr, and A Tribe Called Quest. Panacea blend Native Tongues-inspired beats with warm major chords and soul samples and add conscious rhymes about life, love, and hip hop.

Panacea is a brush-footed butterfly genus found in Central America and South America. It is named after one of Asclepius's daughters Panacea.

In Greek mythology, Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια, Panakeia) was a goddess of universal remedy. She was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Panacea and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea (the goddess of universal health), Hygieia ("Hygiene" the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation), Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness), Aceso (the goddess of the healing process), and Aglæa/Ægle (the goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, and adornment).

Panacea also had four brothers— Podaleirus, one of the two kings of Tricca, who was skilled in diagnostics, and Machaon, the other king of Tricca, who was a master surgeon (these two took part in the Trojan War until Machaon was killed by Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons); Telesphoros, who devoted his life to serving Asclepius; and Aratus, her half-brother, who was a Greek hero and the patron/liberator of Sicyon.

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.

A river in Thrace/ Moesia was named after the goddess, and is still known as the river Zlatna Panega (from Greek panakeia).

Category:Greek goddesses Category:Health goddesses