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וניטייפיה אתלת קלחי כרבא, וניבחשיה בגווזא דמרמהין; וכי בשיל גווזא דמרמהין – בשיל ליה כוליה. ואי לא – ליתי נפקא דכלבא חיורא, וניגבול בנטפא. וכמה דאפשר – נפקא לא ניכול, דמפריק.
and let him drip it on 3 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.
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 1/4th-log [anpaka] of undiluted wine.
למורסא – אנפקא דחמרא, באהלא תולאנא.
As a remedy for a pus-filled wound, one should drink 1/4th-log of wine steeped in red ice plant.
לפירחא דליבא – ליתי תלת ברושייאתא דשערי, ונשטרינהו בכמכא דלא עבר עילויה ארבעין יומין, וניכול; ונשתי אבתרייהו חמרא מרקא. אמר ליה רב אחא מדיפתי לרבינא: וכל שכן דפרח ליביה! אמר ליה: אנא – ליוקרא דליבא אמרי;
As a remedy for palpitations of the heart, i.e., if his heart is beating too fast, let him bring 3 loaves of barley, and soak them in kamka from which 40 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.