cure
noun
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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"Mrs. Crapps, you know, is the woman that has been curing Mrs. Frostwinch."
From The Puritans by Bates, Arlo