A cure-all is something that is believed, usually wrongly, to be able to solve all the problems someone or something has, or to cure a wide range of illnesses.
The introduction of market discipline to the economy was not a magic cure-all. [+ for]
Broussais was the first physician to use leeches as a cure-all.
Synonyms: panacea, elixir, nostrum, elixir vitae