Quoting%20commentary for Keritot 11:51

הצרי אינו אלא שרף [הנוטף] מעצי הקטף

R'Simeon son of Gamaliel said: Balm is nothing but a resin which exudes from the wood of the balsam-tree; the lye obtained from leek was rubbed over the onycha in order to render it beautiful, and in the Cyprus wine the onycha was steeped that its odour might be intensified.

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