Medication comes in various forms, each one to best fit the needed treatment. The most common visual of Medicine is the Pill, with the term “A bitter pill to swallow” being an expression for something that is unpleasant but must be accepted.
On page 94 of My ASL Dictionary is a cartoon of a Candy Striper illustrating the hand sign for Medicine.
A new cartoon of a grey-haired Pharmacist with a lab coat and a medicine bottle illustrates the ASL hand sign for PILL.
The index finger of the G hand flicks off the thumb twice as the open mouth closes, mimicking popping a pill into the mouth.
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