Commentary for Shabbat 155:3

יין שתייתו שכיחא רפואתו לא שכיחא אזול רבנן בתר שתייתו דשכיחא לקולא חלב אכילתו שכיחא רפואתו לא שכיחא אזול רבנן בתר אכילתו לקולא דבש אכילתו שכיחא רפואתו שכיחא אזול רבנן בתר רפואתו לחומרא

thereof is common, whilst its employment as a remedy<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By external application. ');">⁵</span> is uncommon: hence the Rabbis followed its drinking use in the direction of leniency. As for honey, both the eating thereof and its use as a remedy are common, [so] the Rabbis followed its use as a remedy in the direction of stringency.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As in the Mishnah, though for consumption the size of a dried fig — a greater standard — would be required. ');">⁶</span>

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