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chicken soup

Chicken broth Folk medicine Jewish penicillin A fowl broth with a long tradition as a home remedy for URIs, which may be a nasal decongestant, inhibit growth of pneumococci in vitro, and stimulate immune responsiveness in WBCs Mainstream medicine A popular term for a drug, maneuver, or device with little or no benefit, which may be used in absence of an efficacious product. See Band-Aid^® therapy, 'Homeopathic.', Placebo.

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chicken soup (redirected from Jewish penicillin)

chicken soup
(redirected from Jewish penicillin)