The panacea /pn?'si??

/, named after the Greek goddess of universal remedy Panakei

a, Panacea, also known as panchrest,[citation needed] was supposed to be a remed
y that would cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. It was sought by t
he alchemists as a connection to the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone,
a mythical substance which would enable the transmutation of common metals into
gold.
The Cahuilla Indian people of the Colorado Desert region of California, accordin
g to legend, used the red sap of the elephant tree (or Bursera microphylla) as a
panacea medicine.[citation needed]
A panacea (or panaceum) is also a literary term to represent any solution to sol
ve all problems related to a particular issue.
The Latin genus name of ginseng is Panax, (or "panacea") reflecting Linnean unde
rstanding that ginseng was widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as a cure
-all.[citation needed]