1. pick-me-up(n = noun.artifact) pickup - anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her"
is a kind of corrective, restorative
2. pick-me-up(n = noun.artifact) bracer - a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor);
is a kind of restorative, tonic
A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]