וְהַעֲלֵה רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה לְכָל מַכּוֹתֵנוּ

והעלה רפואה שלמה לכל מכותנו
AND BRING A PERFECT HEALING FOR ALL OUR WOUNDS

We ask for a רפואה שלמה, a perfect healing, to remove not only the illness, but its causes as well, namely our sins and our forgetfulness of Hashem; it is these that truly brought upon us the illness in the first place. We therefore use the word “מכות”, connoting “blows”, for we understand that our illnesses are inflicted upon us by Hashem, our loving Father, who chastises us in order that we achieve the perfection of remembering Him all of our days.