וְנִיטַיְיפֵיהּ אַתְּלָת קִלְחֵי כְּרָבָא, וְנִיבְחַשֵׁיהּ בְּגַוְוזָא דְּמַרְמְהִין, וְכִי בַּשֵּׁיל גַּוְוזָא בְּמַרְמְהִין בַּשֵּׁיל לֵיהּ כּוּלֵּיהּ. וְאִי לָא, לֵיתֵי נִפְקֵי דְּכַלְבָּא חִיוָּרָא וְנִיגְבּוֹל בְּנָטְפָא, וְכַמָּה דְּאֶפְשָׁר נִפְקָא לָא נֵיכוּל, דִּמְפָרֵיק.

and let him drip it on three stalks of cabbage and stir it with a sprig from a marjoram bush. And when the sprig of marjoram is boiled all of it will be boiled. And if he is not able to do that, let him take the feces of a white dog and let him mix it with balm. And as much as possible let him not eat the feces because it causes the separation of the limbs.

לְגִירָא – לֵיתֵי גִּירָא דְּלֵילְתָא וְנֵיפְכֵיהּ, וְנִשְׁדֵי מַיָּא עִלָּוֵיהּ וְנִשְׁתֵּי. וְאִי לָא, לֵיתֵי מִמַּיָּא דְּאִישְׁתֵּי מִינַּיְיהוּ כַּלְבָּא בְּלֵילְיָא, וְנִיזְדַּהַר מִגִּילּוּיָא. לְגִילּוּיָא – אַנְפָּקָא דְּחַמְרָא חַיָּיא.

With regard to a remedy for a stinging pain [ gira ], let him bring a stone called an arrow of Lilith, and let him turn it upside down. And let him pour water on it and drink it. And if he is not able to do that, let him bring water from which a dog drank at night, and let him be careful about leaving the water uncovered at night, in case a snake drank from it and left its venom in the water. A remedy for drinking uncovered water is to drink a quarter- log [ anpaka ] of undiluted wine.

לְמוּרְסָא – אַנְפָּקָא דְּחַמְרָא בְּאָהָלָא תּוֹלָאנָא.

As a remedy for a pus-filled wound, one should drink a quarter- log of wine steeped in red ice plant.

לְפִירְחָא דְּלִיבָּא – לֵיתֵי תְּלָת בְּרוֹשִׁיָּיאָתָא דְּשַׁעֲרֵי וְנִשְׁטְרִינְהוּ בְּכַמְכָּא דְּלָא עָבַר עִילָּוֵיהּ אַרְבְּעִין יוֹמִין, וְנֵיכוּל, וְנִשְׁתֵּי אַבַּתְרַיְיהוּ חַמְרָא מַרְקָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא מִדִּיפְתִּי לְרָבִינָא: וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן דְּפָרַח לִיבֵּיהּ! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֲנָא – לְיוּקְרָא דְּלִיבָּא אֲמַרִי.

As a remedy for palpitations of the heart, i.e., if his heart is beating too fast, let him bring three loaves of barley, and soak them in kamka from which forty days have not yet passed since being made. And let him eat the loaves and drink diluted wine after consuming them. Rav Aḥa of Difti said to Ravina: All the more so his heart will palpitate from these foods. Ravina said to him: You misheard what I had said; I said this as a remedy for heaviness of the heart.

לְפִירְחָא דְּלִיבָּא – לֵיתֵי תְּלָת בְּרוֹשִׁיָּיאָתָא דְּחִיטֵּי וְנִישְׁטְרִינְהוּ בְּדוּבְשָׁא וְנֵיכוּל, וְנִישְׁתֵּי אַבַּתְרַיְיהוּ חַמְרָא חַיָּיא.

As a remedy for palpitations of the heart, let him bring three loaves of wheat, soak them in honey, and eat them. And let him drink undiluted wine after them.

לְצַרְחָא דְּלִיבָּא – לֵיתֵי תְּלָת בֵּיעֵי נִינְיָיא וּבֵיעֲתָא דְּכַמּוֹנָא וּבֵיעֲתָא דְּשׁוּמְשִׁימֵי וְלֵיכוּל.

As a remedy for heart pain, let him bring three egg -bulks of mint, and an egg -bulk of cumin, and an egg -bulk of sesame seeds, and let him eat them together.

לִכְאֵב מֵעֵי – לֵיתֵי תְּלָת מֵאָה פִּלְפְּלֵי אֲרִיכָתָא, וְכָל יוֹמֵי נִשְׁתֵּי מֵאָה מִינַּיְיהוּ בְּחַמְרָא. רָבִין דְּמִן נֶרֶשׁ עֲבַד לָהּ לִבְרַתֵּיהּ דְּרַב אַשִׁי מֵאָה וְחַמְשִׁין מֵהָנֵי דִּידָן, וְאִתַּסְיָא.

As a remedy for pain of the intestines, let him bring three hundred long peppers, and every day let him drink one hundred of them with wine. It is told: Ravin of the city of Neresh prepared one hundred and fifty of our, i.e., Babylonian, peppers for the daughter of Rav Ashi, who had this illness, and she was healed.

לְכִירְצָא – אַנְפָּקָא דְּחַמְרָא בְּאַטְרְפָא דְּעֲרָאָה. לְכִירְצָא חִיוָּרָא – לֵיתֵי בִּיזְרָא גַּלְגִּילָא וְנִיצַיְירָה בְּשִׁיסְתַּג, וְנִיתַיְירֵיהּ בְּמַיָּא וְנִשְׁתֵיהּ, וְנִזְדַּהַר מִבִּינְתָא, דְּאִי לָא – מְנַקְבָא לָהּ לְמַעְיָינֵיהּ.

As a remedy for roundworm, he should drink a quarter- log of wine steeped in laurel leaves. As a remedy for white worm, let him bring cress and tie it with a piece of woven cloth. And let him soak it in water and drink it. And let him be careful with the seed, as if he is not careful enough there is a danger that it will grow inside him and puncture his intestines.

לְמֵיסַר – סִיסִין רְטִיבָא בְּמַיָּא; לְמִישְׁרָא – יְבֵישְׁתָּא בְּמַיָּא, וְסִימָנָךְ: אִיצָא רְטִיבָא דְּסָכַר נַהֲרָא.

The remedy to bind the bowels, i.e., to cure diarrhea, is to consume the chamomile [ sisin ] plant when it is wet with water. And the remedy to relax the bowels and relieve constipation is to drink dry chamomile soaked in water, which acts as a laxative. And your mnemonic so as not to confuse these remedies is as follows: Wet grass [ itza ] that is used to dam rivers, and through this he will remember that moist chamomile is used to stop diarrhea.

לִטְחָלָא – לֵיתֵי שַׁב בִּינֵּי דְּמַיָּא וּנְיַיבְּשִׁינְהוּ בְּטוּלָּא, וְכָל יוֹמָא נִישְׁתֵּי תַּרְתֵּי וּתְלָתָא בְּחַמְרָא. וְאִי לָא, לֵיתֵי טְחָלָא דְּצִיפְרָתָא דְּלָא אִיפַּתַּח וְנִטַחְיָא בְּתַנּוּרָא, וְנוֹקֵי לַהֲדֵיהּ וְנֵימָא: ״כִּי הֵיכִי דְּיָבֵישׁ הַאי טְחָלָא, נִיַיבַּשׁ טְחַלְיָא דִּפְלוֹנִי בַּר פְּלוֹנִיתָא״.

As a remedy for illness of the spleen, let him bring seven leeches, dry them in the shade, and every day drink two or three of them with wine. And if he is not able to do this, let him bring the spleen of a female goat that has not given birth, and place it in the oven, and stand across from it, and let him say: Just as this spleen is dried, so shall the spleen of so-and-so, son of so-and-so, be dried.

וְאִי לָא, נִיטַחְיֵיהּ בֵּינֵי אוּרְבֵּי דְּבֵיתָא חֲדַתָּא, וְנֵימָא הָכִי. וְאִי לָא, לִיבָּקֵי שַׁכְבָּא דִּשְׁכִיב בְּשַׁבְּתָא, וְנִישְׁקְלֵיהּ לְיָדֵיהּ וְנוֹתְבָהּ אַטַחְלֵיהּ, וְנֵימָא: כִּי הֵיכִי דְּיָבֵישׁ הָא יָדָא, נִיַיבַּשׁ טְחַלְיָא דִּפְלוֹנִי בַּר פְּלוֹנִיתָא.

And if he is not able to do this, let him place the goat spleen between the bricks of a new house, and let him say this same statement. And if not, let him search for someone who died on Shabbat and let him take the hand of the deceased, and let him place it on his spleen and say: Just as the hand of so-and-so was dried, so too, the spleen of so-and-so, the son of so-and-so, should be dried.

וְאִי לָא, נֵיתֵי בִּינִּיתָא וְנִיטְוְויֵיהּ בֵּי נַפָּחָא, וְנֵיכְלֵיהּ בְּמַיָּא דְּבֵי נַפָּחָא וְנִישְׁתֵּי מִמַּיָּא דְּבֵי נַפָּחָא. הַהִיא עִיזָּא דַּהֲוַת שָׁתְיָא מַיָּא דְּבֵי נַפָּחָא, אִישְׁתְּחִיט וְלָא אִישְׁתַּכַּח לָהּ טְחָלָא.

And if he is not able to do this, let him take a fish and roast it in the house of a blacksmith. And let him eat it with the water from the blacksmith’s house in which the red-hot metal is cooled. And let him drink water from the blacksmith’s house. The Gemara brings corroborative evidence to this remedy: A certain goat drank water from the blacksmith’s house, and when it was slaughtered there was no spleen found inside it.

וְאִי לָא, לִיפְתַּח חָבִיתָא דְּחַמְרָא לִשְׁמֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב אַשִׁי: אִי אִית לֵיהּ חָבִיתָא דְּחַמְרָא, לָא אָתֵי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּמָר! אֶלָּא, מַרְגַּל בְּפַת שַׁחֲרִית, דִּמְעַלְיָא לְכוּלֵּי גּוּפֵיהּ.

And if he is not able to do this, let him open a barrel of wine for his sake, i.e., let him drink a large amount of wine. Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said to Rav Ashi: If he has a barrel of wine he will not come before my Master for a remedy, as the wine will already have healed him. Rather, what should he do to maintain his health? Let him become accustomed to eat bread in the morning, because it benefits his entire body.

לְרוּשְׁחַתָא – לֵיתֵי אַקִיקָא וְאִילָוָוא, וְאַסְפִירְכָא וּמַרְתְכָא, וְחוּמְרְתָא דְּפִילוֹן וְשִׁיאֲפָא דַּחֲמִימְתָּא, וְנִינְקַט בְּשַׁחֲקֵי דְּכִיתָנָא בְּקַיְיטָא וְדַעֲמַר גּוּפְנָא בְּסִיתְוָא. וְאִי לָא, לִישְׁתֵּי שִׁיכְרָא מַרְקָא.

As a remedy for hemorrhoids, let him bring acacia [ akika ], and aloe [ ilava ], and mercury, and silver dross, and a bundle [ ḥumreta ] of fragrant herbs [ defilon ], and feces of pigeons [ ḥamimta ]. And let him take it in linen bags in the summer, or cotton bags in the winter, and place them on the afflicted area. And if he is not able to do that, let him drink diluted beer.

לְשִׁיגְרוֹנָא – לֵיתֵי פַּתְיָא דְּמוֹנִינֵי, וְנִיגַנְדְּרֵיהּ שִׁיתִּין זִימְנֵי אַהָא מְטַחְתֵּיהּ, וְשִׁיתִין זִימְנֵי אַהָא מְטַחְתֵּיהּ.

For rheumatism [ shigrona ], let him bring a vessel full of brine from small fish [ moninei ] and roll it sixty times on this thigh and sixty times on that thigh.

לִצְמִירְתָּא – נֵיתֵי תְּלָת נִיטוֹפַיְיתָא מִישְׁחָא דְּכוּפְרָא, וּתְלָת נִיטוֹפַיְיתָא אִיצְרָא דְּכָרְתֵי, וּתְלָת נִיטוֹפַיְיתָא דְּחַמְרָא נְקִידָא, וְלִישְׁדֵי לֵיהּ לְאִישׁ בָּאַמָּה וּלְאִשָּׁה בְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם.

As a remedy for a bladder stone [ litzmireta ], let him bring three drops of tar oil, which is oil that emerges from burning wood, three drops from the squeezing [ itzra ] of leeks, and three drops of clean wine, and place this mixture, for a man on the penis, and for a woman on that place, i.e., her genital area.

וְאִי לָא, לֵיתֵי אוּנָא דְּזִיקָא, וְלִתְלֵי לֵיהּ לְאִישׁ בָּאַמָּה וּלְאִשָּׁה בַּדַּדִּין. וְאִי לָא, לֵיתֵי חוּטָא דִּזְהוֹרִיתָא דִּשְׁדַתֵּיהּ דּוּמָה בַּת דּוּמָה, וְלִיתְלֵי לֵיהּ לְאִישׁ בָּאַמָּה וּלְאִשָּׁה בַּדַּדִּין.

And if he is not able to do this, let him bring the ear, i.e., handle, of a wine sac and suspend it, for a man from his penis, and for a woman from her breasts. And if he is not able to do this, let him bring a crimson string spun by a woman suspected of prostitution who is also the daughter of a suspected woman, and let him suspend it, for a man from his penis and for a woman from her breasts.

וְאִי לָא, לֵיתֵי כִּינָּה דְּזָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, וְלִיתְלֵי לֵיהּ לְאִישׁ בָּאַמָּה וּלְאִשָּׁה בְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם, וְכִי מַשְׁתִּין – נַשְׁתִּין אַסִּיסְנָא יְבֵישְׁתָּא בְּצִינּוֹרָא דְּדַשָּׁא; וּנְעַיֵּין בְּחוּמְרְתָא דְּנָפְקָא מִינֵּיהּ, דִּמְעַלְיָא לְכוּלְּהוּ צִימְרָא.

And if not, let him bring a louse from a male and a louse from a female, and suspend it, for a man from his penis, and for a woman on that place, i.e., her genital area. And when he urinates let him urinate on a dry branch [ sisna ] by the door pivot. And let him examine the bladder stone that comes out of him with the urine, as it is effective as a remedy for any illness accompanied by a fever [ tzimra ] if he grinds it and uses it.

לְצִימְרָא בָּרָא – לֵיתֵי תְּלָתָא גְּרִיבֵי סוּפְלֵי וּתְלָתָא גְּרִיבֵי אַטְרָף אַדָּרָא, וְנִישְׁלוֹקִינְהוּ כָּל חַד לְחוּדֵיהּ וְלֵיתֵיב בֵּינַיְיהוּ, וְלִתְבִינְהוּ בְּתַרְתֵּי מְשִׁיכְלֵי וְנֵיתֵי פָּתוֹרָא וּנְנַח עִילָּוֵיהּ, וְנֵיקוֹם מֵעִילָּוֵי הַאי וְלוֹתִיב עִילָּוֵי הַאי, וּמֵעִילָּוֵי הַאי וְלוֹתִיב עִילָּוֵי הַאי, עַד דְּנֵיסַק בֵּיהּ הַבְלָא, וְלִסְחֵי מִינַּיְיהוּ. וְכִי שָׁתֵי, מִמַּיָּא דְּאַדָּרָא לִישְׁתֵּי, מִמַּיָּא דְּסוּפְלֵי לָא לִישְׁתֵּי, מִשּׁוּם דְּמִיעַקְּרִי.

As a remedy for an external fever, let him bring three se’a of date pits [ suflei ], and three se’a [ gerivei ] of leaves of an eder tree. Let him cook each one individually and sit between them. And let him place them in two basins, and bring a table and place it over him. And let him stand up from over this basin and sit over this basin, and then let him stand up from over this basin and sit over this basin, until the heat rises on him and he becomes very hot. And let him wash from the water of both basins, and when he drinks, let him drink from the basin containing the eder water. But do not let him drink from the basin containing the date water, because it causes infertility.

לְצִימְרָא גַּוְונָא – לֵיתֵי שִׁבְעָה בּוּנֵי דְּסִילְקָא מִשַּׁב מְשָׁארֵי, וְנִישְׁלוֹקִינְהוּ בְּעַפְרַיְיהוּ וְנֵיכוּל, וְנִישְׁתֵּי אַטְרָף אַדָּרָא בְּשִׁיכְרָא אוֹ

As a remedy for an internal fever, let him bring seven handfuls of beet leaves from seven furrows. And let him cook them with their dirt and eat them. And let him drink from eder leaves mixed with beer or