ELIXIR

n. 1 panacea, cure-all, nostrum, wonder drug, miracle drug, sovereign remedy In the Middle Ages alchemists sought a universal cure, an elixir 2 essence, potion, extract, tincture, compound, mixture Ophidia's Elixir was the name of a patent snake-oil medicine 3 pith, core, kernel, heart, essence, quintessence, principle, extract, base, basis, soul The elixir of life is wisdom and its mystic ingredient is not knowledge but understanding