Commentary for Gittin 137:10
אמר מר אי מריאה קאתי אית ליה תקנתא מאי תקנתיה ליתי שבעה כוני מפירמא דסילקא ושבעה כוני פירמא דכרתי וחמשה כוני פרידא ותלתא כוני דטלפחי וכונא דכמונא וכונא דחבלי וכנגדן כנתא פטירתא וליבשיל וליכול ולישתי אבתריה שיכרא חריפא דטבת
and the root of pellitory better than mamru, and he should put them in his mouth. This is to prevent it from spreading. To soften it he should take bran that came to the top of the sieve and lentils with the earth still on them and clover and hemlock flower and the bud of cuscuta, and he should put about the size of a nut in his mouth. To make it burst, someone should blow into his throat seeds of unripe dates, through a wheat straw. <font>To make the flesh close he should bring dust from the shadow of a privy and knead it with honey and eat.</font> This is effective. For catarrh<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [So Rashi. Preuss (op. cit. p. 198) Pleurisy.] ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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