Commentary for Gittin 137:3

לשברירי דיממא ליתי שבעה סומקי מגווא דחיותא וניטוינהו אחספא דאומנא וליתיב איהו מגואי ואיניש אחרינא מאבראי ונימא ליה עוירא הב לי דאיכול ונימא ליה האיך פתיחא סב איכול ובתר דאכיל ליתבריה לחספא דאי לא הדרי עילויה

Or else he can take root of clover and the rope of an old bed and papyrus and saffron and the red part of a palm branch and burn them all together and then take a fleece of wool and weave two threads and steep them in vinegar and roll them in the ashes and put them in his nostrils. Or he can look for a watercourse running from east to west and stand astride over it and pick up some clay with his right hand from under his left leg and with his left hand from under his right leg and twine two threads of wool and rub them in the clay and put them in his nostrils. Or else he can sit under a gutter pipe while they bring water and pour over him saying, 'As these waters stop, so may the blood of A, son of the woman B, stop'. To stop blood coming from the mouth he should [first] be tested with a wheat straw. If the blood sticks, It comes from the lungs and can be cured, but if not it comes from the liver and cannot be cured. Said R. Ammi to R. Ashi: But we have learnt the opposite:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hul. 42a. ');">³</span>

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