sympathetic powder

Noun

countable historical uncountable

(alchemy, historical) A kind of powder supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or to a portion of the bloodied clothes of the wounded person.

Japanese Meaning

（錬金術や歴史的な医療慣習において）傷を負わせた武器や血で染まった衣服の一部分に塗布することで、傷を癒すと信じられていた粉末

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The old apothecary insisted that sympathetic powder, kept in a cracked vial behind the counter, could heal a man's wound if it was rubbed on the sword that had cut him.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

年老いた薬屋は、店のカウンターの後ろにあるひびの入った小瓶に入れておいた、傷を負わせた武器や負傷者の血で汚れた衣服に塗ると傷を癒すと信じられていた一種の粉を、切った刀に塗れば男の傷を治せると主張した。

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(alchemy, historical) A kind of powder supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or to a portion of the bloodied clothes of the wounded person.

sympathetic powders

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