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Use "nostrums" in a sentence
"Among her nostrums was a bottle of "Jordan Water," which she sold at the modest figure of £15 15s. a flask."
"A visitor to Boston noted in 1872 that there was “hardly a newspaper that does not contain their open and printed advertisements, or a drug store whose shelves are not crowded with nostrums publicly and unblushingly displayed.”"
"They are steeped in unexamined nostrums, whether about American's special, sanctified role in history, or the absolute authority of laissez-faire economics."