Commentary for Yoma 166:7
ת"ר מי שאחזו בולמוס מאכילין אותו דבש וכל מיני מתיקה שהדבש וכל מיני מתיקה מאירין מאור עיניו של אדם ואע"פ שאין ראיה לדבר זכר לדבר (שמואל א יד, כט) ראו נא כי אורו עיני כי טעמתי מעט דבש הזה
Abaye said: This applies only after a meal, but before the meal, it even increases one's appetite, as it is written: And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him, to David, and gave him, bread, and he did eat,' and they gave him water to drink,' and they gave him a piece of cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins,' and when he had eaten, his spirit came back to him,' for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam. XXX, 11, 12.');"><sup>11</sup></span> R'Nahman said in the name of Samuel: If one was seized by a ravenous hunger, one should give him to eat a tail with honey. R'Huna, the son of R'Joshua said: Also pure flour with honey.
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