The Kongo figure, once packed with potent medicines, was meant to face down evil and protect innocence.

Saying you're sorry is potent medicine for the giver and receiver.

Japan's stock market fell to a six-year low, despite the Government's administration of potent medicine to reinvigorate it.

The euro is potent medicine for this malaise.

"Of course the ancient Egyptians had more potent medicines than willow bark, didn't they?"

Some allergists also raised questions about the safety of people taking potent medicines without a doctor's supervision.

In the longer term, we need newer, more potent medicines that shorten the duration of treatment.

In Europe, many cultures have used garlic for protection or white magic, perhaps owing to its reputation as a potent preventative medicine.

The plant is potent medicine, is called all-healing, and the seeds of all plants are deposited on it.

Amid all that complicated technology, the most potent medicine at that moment was the unprescribed power of two humans simply touching.