healing charm

Mending magic words

A healing charm is an object, phrase, or ritual believed to cure illness or promote physical recovery through magical or spiritual means.

Such charms appear across cultures—amulets worn to ward off disease, words spoken over wounds, prayers recited for the sick.

In fantasy fiction and games, healing charms are spells or enchanted items that restore health: She activated the healing charm and felt her strength return.

Related

poultice · remedy · folk remedy · herbal remedy · blessing · laying on hands · ward · protection · salve · enchantment · white magic · cure · balm · ritual · herb · magic · soothing · restoration

Opposites
beneficial vs. harmful magic

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Invoked harm through words

death curse · hex · jinx · malediction · dark magic

curative vs. afflictive effect

healing charmpoison

Harmful ingested substance

pestilence

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G