The word for today is…
efficacious (adj) – Producing or capable of producing a desired effect.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : “Sure to have the desired effect” (often of medicines), 1520s, from Latin efficaci-, stem of efficax “powerful, effectual, efficient,” from stem of efficere “work out, accomplish”.
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