Opposed to a cure, especially where the condition being cured may be regarded as an acceptable alternative state of being.

Alternative form of water cure

plural of cure-all

(dated) Treatment of pain and illness using water, particularly bathing. / A form of torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time.

(colloquial) Synonym of panacea: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments.

(idiomatic) To enter into a rehabilitation program. / To take the waters

A medical cure or programme of recovery involving exposure to sunlight.

Cured thoroughly by drying in the sun.

To preserve food using salt (and sometimes sodium nitrite)

preserved by means of salt