Usually means: Medicinal powder believed to heal.
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  1. sympathetic powder: Merriam-Webster
  2. sympathetic powder: Wordnik
  3. sympathetic powder: Wiktionary
  4. Sympathetic powder: Dictionary.com
  5. sympathetic powder: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Sympathetic powder: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (sympathetic powder)

noun:  (alchemy, historical) A kind of powder supposed to be able to cure a wound if applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or to a portion of the bloodied clothes of the wounded person.

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