1. a universal remedy or cure-all; a panacea.
Usage: often used figuratively or ironically; archaic or literary
2. a comprehensive or universal remedy in medicine or pharmacy.
Usage: historical or medical context

Examples

• The politician claimed that tax cuts were a catholicon for all economic problems.
• In medieval times, physicians often prescribed a catholicon believed to treat multiple ailments.
• Education is sometimes presented as a catholicon for social inequality.
• The company marketed its new product as a catholicon for household cleaning needs.
• Skeptics dismissed the herbal supplement as just another catholicon with no real scientific basis.