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

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

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

(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.

Alternative form of water cure

plural of cure-all

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

The medical treatment for an illness produces a worse net result than the illness does (or threatens a non-negligible risk of doing so), especially via adverse effects.

It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.

Alternative form of an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure