Recoiling child with temperature given strange medicine (7)
I believe the answer is:
nostrum
'medicine' is the definition.
(nostrum is a kind of medicine)
'recoiling child with temperature given strange' is the wordplay.
'recoiling' is a reversal indicator.
'child' becomes 'son' (male child).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'given strange' becomes 'rum' (similar in meaning. I am not sure about the 'given' bit.).
'son' reversed gives 'nos'.
'nos'+'t'+'rum'='NOSTRUM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nostrum that I've seen before include "Quack medicine - run most (anag)" , "Supposed remedy" , "answer to all problems!" , "Ineffective medical preparation" , "Panacea or cure-all" .)