In Greek mythology, Panacea (Greek Πανάκεια, Panakeia) was the goddess of healing. She was the daughter ofAsclepius and Epione. Panacea and her five sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Panacea was the goddess ofcures, Iaso was the goddess of recuperation, Hygieia was the goddess of disease prevention, Aceso was the goddess ofrecovery, and Aglaea was the goddess of natural beauty.
Panacea also had four brothers – Podaleirus, one of the two kings of Tricca, who had a flair for diagnostics, and Machaon, the other king of Tricca, who was a master surgeon (these two took part in the Trojan War until Machaon was killed byPenthesilea, queen of the Amazons); Telesphoros, who devoted his life to serving Asclepius; and Aratus, her stepbrother, who was a Greek hero and the patron/liberator of Sicyon.
Panacea was said to have a poultice or potion with which she healed the sick. This brought about the concept of thepanacea in medicine. A river in Thrace/Moesia was named after the goddess, and is still known as the river Panega (from Greek panakeia).
source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panacea
I took her name because the purpose of this blogg is to provide a variety of health articles. All the article come from a variety media wich i think interesting. well... hope this blog can be a source of inspiration for those readers who wanted a "Panacea" in their life.
