Study Avodah Zarah folio 28B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
from hemorrhoids. R' Ami instructed him, and some say that R' Asi instructed him that he should bring 7 seeds of ice plant that are red like a worm and bind them in the collar of a shirt, and then he should wrap a strip of hair around it, and dip the bundle in white naphtha and he should burn it and
The Talmud remarks: And this matter applies only to the upper crevice, which is located at the outer edge of the anus and can be treated with bramble fruit. What should one do if he is experiencing pain in the lower crevice, located deeper within the rectum? He should bring the fat of a goat that
And if this is not possible, he should bring 3 pumpkin leaves that were dried in the shade and he should burn them, and then he should spread the ashes upon the irritated area. And if this is not possible, he should bring snail shells instead. And if this is also not possible, he should bring oil mi
R' Abbahu suffered from pain in his ear. R' Yoḥanan instructed him, and some say that other rabbis from the study hall instructed him, how to heal it. The Talmud asks: What did they instruct him? They told him to act in a fashion similar to that which Abaye said: My mother told me that the kidney w
The Talmud adds: And if this is not possible, he should bring the fat of a large beetle and melt it and apply it to the ear. And if not, he should fill his ear with oil and prepare 7 wicks made of alfalfa [aspasta] and bring dried garlic ends, and tie the ends to the wicks with a strip of hair at o