traditional cure
Old healing method
A traditional cure is a remedy passed down through generations rather than developed through modern medicine—herbal treatments, folk practices, or indigenous healing methods: The village healer offered a traditional cure for the fever.
The phrase often implies skepticism about effectiveness, or alternatively, respect for time-tested wisdom that predates pharmaceuticals.
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- home remedyHomemade medical treatment
- folk medicineTraditional healing practices
- herbalRelating to medicinal plants
- bitter herbsSharp-tasting ritual greens
poultice · elixir · healing · healing hands · apothecary · tonic · salve · chicken soup · grandmother · old wives' tale · passed down · roots · native · medicine man · shaman · sweat lodge · ritual · laying on hands
- folk wisdomproverb, folklore, folk sayings, saying, proverbs
traditional cureprescription drug
Medication requiring licensed authorization
evidence-based medicine · pharmaceutical · synthetic drug · clinical treatment · chemotherapy
traditional cureexperimental treatment
Unproven medical procedure being tested
traditional, tradition, traditions, traditionalism, traditionalist, traditionalists, traditionally, cure, cures