nostrum
/ˈnɒstrəm/noun
1- a medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not considered effective（配制不科学的）无效药品。
1.1
- a pet scheme or favourite remedy, especially one for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement（尤指为引发某种社会或政治改革或社会、政治进步的）妙策：
right-wing nostrums such as a wage freeze and cutting public spending.
诸如冻结工资、削减公共开支等的右翼妙策。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin， used in the sense '(something) of our own making'， neuter of noster 'our'.