## Gittin Daf 69b

###### Gittin 69b:1
[Gittin 69b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:1)

וְנִיטַּיְיפֵיהּ אַתְּלָת קִלְחֵי כְּרָבָא, וְנִיבְחֲשֵׁיהּ בִּגְווֹזָא דְּמַרְמְהִין; וְכִי בְּשִׁיל גְּווֹזָא דְמַרְמָהִין – בְּשִׁיל לֵיהּ כּוּלֵּיהּ. וְאִי לָא – לַיְתֵי נִפְקָא דְּכַלְבָּא חִיוָּרָא, וְנִיגְבּוֹל בְּנִטְפָא. וְכַמָּה דְּאֶפְשָׁר – נִפְקָא לָא נֵיכוֹל, דִּמְפָרֵיק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and let him drip it on three stalks of cabbage and stir it with a sprig** from **a marjoram** bush. **And when the sprig of marjoram** is **boiled all of it** will be **boiled. And if** he is **not** able to do that, **let him take the feces of a white dog and let him mix it with balm. And as much as possible let him not eat the feces because** it causes **the separation** of the limbs.


###### Gittin 69b:2
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לְגִירָא – לַיְתֵי גִּירָא דְלִילִיתָא, וְנֵיפְכֵיהּ, וְנִשְׁדֵּי מַיָּא עִלָּוֵיהּ וְנִשְׁתֵּי. וְאִי לָא – לַיְתֵי מִמַּיָּא דְּאִישְׁתִּי מִינַּיְיהוּ כַּלְבָּא בְּלֵילְיָא; וְנִיזְדְּהַר מִגִּילּוּיָא. לְגִילּוּיָא – אַנְפָּקָא דְחַמְרָא חַיָּיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to a remedy **for a stinging pain [*gira*], let him bring** a stone called **an arrow of Lilith, and let him turn it upside down. And let him pour water on it and drink it. And if** he is **not** able to do that, **let him bring water from which a dog drank at night, and let him be careful about** leaving the water **uncovered** at night, in case a snake drank from it and left its venom in the water. A remedy **for** drinking **uncovered** water is to drink **a quarter-***log* **[*anpaka*] of undiluted wine.**


###### Gittin 69b:3
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לְמוּרְסָא – אַנְפָּקָא דְּחַמְרָא, בְּאַהֲלָא תּוֹלָאנָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for a pus-filled wound,** one should drink **a quarter-***log* **of wine** steeped **in red ice plant.**


###### Gittin 69b:4
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לְפִירְחָא דְלִיבָּא – לַיְתֵי תְּלָת בְּרוֹשִׁיָּיאתָא דִשְׂעָרֵי, וְנִשְׁטְרִינְהוּ בְּכַמְכָּא דְּלָא עֲבַר עִילָּוֵיהּ אַרְבְּעִין יוֹמִין, וְנֵיכוֹל; וְנִשְׁתֵּי אַבָּתְרַיְיהוּ חַמְרָא מַרְקָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא מִדִּיפְתִּי לְרָבִינָא: וְכׇל שֶׁכֵּן דְּפָרַח לִיבֵּיהּ! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֲנָא – לְיוּקְרָא דְלִיבָּא אֲמַרִי;

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for palpitations of the heart,** i.e., if his heart is beating too fast, **let him bring three loaves of barley, and soak them in *kamka*** from **which forty days have not** yet **passed** since being made. **And let him eat** the loaves **and drink diluted wine after** consuming **them. Rav Aḥa of Difti said to Ravina: All the more so his heart will palpitate** from these foods. Ravina **said to him:** You misheard what I had said; **I said** this as a remedy **for heaviness of the heart.**


###### Gittin 69b:5
[Gittin 69b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:5)

לְפִירְחָא דְלִיבָּא – לַיְתֵי תְּלָת בְּרוֹשִׁיָּיאתָא דְחִיטֵּי, וְנִישְׁטְרִינְהוּ בְּדוּבְשָׁא וְנֵיכוֹל, וְנִישְׁתֵּי אַבָּתְרַיְיהוּ חַמְרָא חַיָּיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for palpitations of the heart, let him bring three loaves of wheat, soak them in honey, and eat** them. **And let him drink undiluted wine after them.**


###### Gittin 69b:6
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לְצִרְחָא דְלִיבָּא – לַיְתֵי תְּלָת בֵּיעֵי נִינְיָיא, וּבֵיעֲתָא דְכַמּוֹנָא, וּבֵיעֲתָא דְשֻׁומְשְׁמֵי, וְלֵיכוֹל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for heart pain, let him bring three egg**-bulks **of mint, and an egg**-bulk **of cumin, and an egg**-bulk **of sesame seeds, and let him eat** them together.


###### Gittin 69b:7
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לִכְאֵב מְעֵי – לַיְתֵי תְּלָת מְאָה פִּלְפְּלֵי אֲרִיכָתָא, וְכֹל יוֹמֵי נִשְׁתֵּי מְאָה מִינַּיְיהוּ בְּחַמְרָא. רָבִין דְּמִן נָרֶשׁ עֲבַד לַהּ לְבַרְתֵּיהּ דְּרַב אָשֵׁי מְאָה וְחַמְשִׁין מֵהָנֵי דִּידַן, וְאִתְּסִיאַת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for pain of the intestines, let him bring three hundred long peppers, and every day let him drink one hundred of them with wine.** It is told: **Ravin of** the city of **Neresh prepared one hundred and fifty of our,** i.e., Babylonian, peppers **for the daughter of Rav Ashi,** who had this illness, **and she was healed.**


###### Gittin 69b:8
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לְכִירְצָא – אַנְפָּקָא דְּחַמְרָא בַּאֲטַרְפָּא דְעָרָאָה. לְכִירְצָא חִיוָּרָא – לַיְתֵי בִּיזְרָא גַּלְגִּילָא וְנִיצְיְירֵהּ בְּשִׁיסְתַּג, וְנִיתְיְירֵיהּ בְּמַיָּא וְנִשְׁתְּיֵהּ; וְנִזְדְּהַר מִבִּינְתָּא, דְּאִי לָא – מְנַקְּבָא לַהּ לְמַעְיָינֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for roundworm,** he should drink **a quarter-***log* **of wine** steeped **in laurel leaves.** As a remedy **for white worm, let him bring cress and tie it with a piece of woven cloth. And let him soak it in water and drink it. And let him be careful with the seed, as if** he is **not** careful enough there is a danger that it will grow inside him **and puncture his intestines.**


###### Gittin 69b:9
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לְמֵיסַר – סִיסִין רַטִּיבָא בְּמַיָּא. לְמִישְׁרֵא – יַבִּישְׁתָּא בְּמַיָּא. וְסִימָנָךְ: אִיצָא רַטִּיבְ[תָּ]א דְּסָכַר נַהֲרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The remedy **to bind** the bowels, i.e., to cure diarrhea, is to consume the **chamomile [*sisin*]** plant when it is **wet with water.** And the remedy **to relax** the bowels and relieve constipation is to drink **dry** chamomile soaked **in water,** which acts as a laxative. **And your mnemonic** so as not to confuse these remedies is as follows: **Wet grass [*itza*] that is used to dam rivers,** and through this he will remember that moist chamomile is used to stop diarrhea.


###### Gittin 69b:10
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לִטְחָלָא – לַיְתֵי שַׁב בִּינֵי דְמַיָּא וּנְיַיבְּשִׁינְהוּ בְּטוּלָּא, וְכֹל יוֹמָא נִישְׁתֵּי תַּרְתֵּי וְתִלְתָּא בְּחַמְרָא. וְאִי לָא – לַיְתֵי טְחָלָא דִצְיפִרְתָּא דְּלָא אִיפְּתַח, וְנִטְחֲיֵיהּ בְּתַנּוּרָא, וְנוֹקֵי לַהֲדֵיהּ, וְנֵימָא: ״כִּי הֵיכִי דְּיַבִּישׁ הַאי טְחָלָא, נִיַּיבַּשׁ טְחָלֵיהּ דִּפְלוֹנִי בַּר פְּלוֹנִיתָא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for** illness of **the spleen, let him bring seven leeches, dry them in the shade, and every day drink two or three** of them **with wine. And if** he is **not** able to do this, **let him bring the spleen of a female goat that has not given birth, and place it in the oven, and stand across from it, and let him say: Just as this spleen is dried, so shall the spleen of so-and-so, son of so-and-so, be dried.**


###### Gittin 69b:11
[Gittin 69b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:11)

וְאִי לָא – נִיטְחֲיֵיהּ בֵּינֵי אוּרְבֵי דְבֵיתָא חַדְתָּא, וְנֵימָא הָכִי. וְאִי לָא, לִיבְקֵי שָׁכְבָא דִּשְׁכֵיב בְּשַׁבְּתָא, וְנִישְׁקְלֵיהּ לִידֵיהּ וְנוֹתְבַהּ אַטְּחָלֵיהּ, וְנֵימָא: ״כִּי הֵיכִי דְּיַבִּישׁ הָא יְדָא, נִיַּיבַּשׁ טְחָלֵיהּ דִּפְלוֹנִי בַּר פְּלוֹנִיתָא״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if** he is **not** able to do this, **let him place** the goat spleen **between the bricks of a new house, and let him say this** same statement. **And if not, let him search for someone who died on Shabbat and let him take the hand** of the deceased, **and let him place it on his spleen and say: Just as the hand of so-and-so was dried,** so too, **the spleen of so-and-so, the son of so-and-so, should be dried.**


###### Gittin 69b:12
[Gittin 69b:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:12)

וְאִי לָא – נַיְתֵי בִּינִיתָא וְנִיטְוְויֵיהּ בֵּי נַפָּחָא, וְנֵיכְלֵיהּ בְּמַיָּא דְּבֵי נַפָּחָא, וְנִישְׁתֵּי מִמַּיָּא דְּבֵי נַפָּחָא. הָהִיא עִיזָּא דַּהֲוָת שָׁתְיָא מַיָּא דְּבֵי נַפָּחָא, אִישְׁתְּחִיט – וְלָא אִישְׁתְּכַח לַהּ טְחָלָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if** he is **not** able to do this, **let him take a fish and roast it** in the **house of a blacksmith. And let him eat it with the water from the blacksmith’s house** in which the red-hot metal is cooled. **And let him drink water from the blacksmith’s house.** The Gemara brings corroborative evidence to this remedy: **A certain goat drank water from the blacksmith’s house,** and when it **was slaughtered there was no spleen found** inside it.


###### Gittin 69b:13
[Gittin 69b:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:13)

וְאִי לָא – לִיפְתַּח חָבִיתָא דְּחַמְרָא לִשְׁמֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב אַחָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבָא לְרַב אָשֵׁי: אִי אִית לֵיהּ חָבִיתָא דְחַמְרָא, לָא אָתֵי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּמָר. אֶלָּא מַרְגַּל בְּפַת שַׁחֲרִית, דִּמְעַלְּיָא לְכוּלֵּי גּוּפֵיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if** he is **not** able to do this, **let him open a barrel of wine for his sake,** i.e., let him drink a large amount of wine. **Rav Aḥa, son of Rava, said to Rav Ashi: If he has a barrel of wine he will not come before** my **Master** for a remedy, as the wine will already have healed him. **Rather,** what should he do to maintain his health? Let him become **accustomed** to eat **bread in the morning, because it benefits his entire body.**


###### Gittin 69b:14
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לְרוּשְׁחָתָא – לַיְתֵי אַקִּיקָא, וְאִילְווֹא, וְאַסְפִּירְכָא, וּמַרְתְּכָא, וְחוּמַרְתָּא דְפִילוֹן, וּשְׁיָאפָא דַחֲמִימְתָּא, וְנִינְקֹט בְּשַׁחֲקֵי דְכִיתָּנָא – בְּקַיְיטָא, וְדַעֲמַר גּוּפְנָא – בְּסִיתְוָא. וְאִי לָא – לִישְׁתֵּי שִׁיכְרָא מַרְקָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for hemorrhoids, let him bring acacia [*akika*], and aloe [*ilava*], and mercury, and silver dross, and a bundle [*ḥumreta*] of fragrant herbs [*defilon*], and feces of pigeons [*ḥamimta*]. And let him take it in linen bags in the summer, or cotton** bags **in the winter,** and place them on the afflicted area. **And if** he is **not** able to do that, **let him drink diluted beer.**


###### Gittin 69b:15
[Gittin 69b:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:15)

לְשִׁיגְרוֹנָא – לַיְתֵי פַּתְיָא דְמוֹנִינֵי, וְנִיגַנְדְּרֵיהּ שִׁיתִּין זִימְנֵי אַהָא מְטַחְתֵּיהּ, וְשִׁיתִּין זִימְנֵי אַהָא מְטַחְתֵּיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**For rheumatism [*shigrona*], let him bring a vessel full of brine from small fish [*moninei*] and roll it sixty times on this thigh and sixty times on that thigh.**


###### Gittin 69b:16
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לִצְמִירְתָּא – נֵיתֵי תְּלָת נִיטּוּפְיָיתָא מִישְׁחָא דְכוּפְרָא, וּתְלָת נִיטּוּפְיָיתָא אִיצְרָא דְכַרָּתֵי, וּתְלָת נִיטּוּפְיָיתָא דְחַמְרָא נְקִידָא, וְלִישְׁדֵּי לֵיהּ לְאִישׁ – בָּאַמָּה, וּלְאִשָּׁה – בְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for a bladder stone [*litzmireta*], let him bring three drops of tar oil,** which is oil that emerges from burning wood, **three drops from the squeezing [*itzra*] of leeks, and three drops of clean wine, and place** this mixture, **for a man on the penis, and for a woman on that place,** i.e., her genital area.


###### Gittin 69b:17
[Gittin 69b:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:17)

וְאִי לָא – לַיְתֵי אוּנָּא דְזִיקָא, וְלִתְלֵי לֵיהּ לְאִישׁ בָּאַמָּה, וּלְאִשָּׁה בַּדַּדִּין. וְאִי לָא – לַיְתֵי חוֹטֵא דִּזְהוֹרִיתָא דִּשְׂדֹתֶיהָ דּוּמָה בַּת דּוּמָה, וְלִיתְלֵי לֵיהּ לְאִישׁ בָּאַמָּה וּלְאִשָּׁה בַּדַּדִּין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if** he is **not** able to do this, **let him bring the ear,** i.e., handle, **of a wine sac and suspend it, for a man from** his **penis, and for a woman from** her **breasts. And if** he is **not** able to do this, **let him bring a crimson string spun by** a woman **suspected** of prostitution who is also **the daughter of a suspected** woman, **and let him suspend it, for a man from** his **penis and for a woman from** her **breasts.**


###### Gittin 69b:18
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וְאִי לָא – לַיְתֵי כִּינָּה דְּזָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, וְלִיתְלֵי לֵיהּ לְאִישׁ בָּאַמָּה וּלְאִשָּׁה בְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם; וְכִי מַשְׁתִּין, נַשְׁתִּין אַסִּיסָנָא יַבִּישְׁתָּא בְּצִינּוֹרָא דְּדַשָּׁא, וּנְעַיֵּין בְּחוּמַרְתָּא דְּנָפְקָא מִינֵּיהּ, דִּמְעַלְּיָא לְכוּלְּהוּ צִימְרִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if not, let him bring a louse from a male and** a louse from **a female, and suspend it, for a man from his penis, and for a woman on that place,** i.e., her genital area. **And when he urinates let him urinate on a dry branch [*sisna*] by the door pivot. And let him examine the** bladder **stone that comes out of him** with the urine, **as it is effective** as a remedy **for any** illness accompanied by **a fever [*tzimra*]** if he grinds it and uses it.


###### Gittin 69b:19
[Gittin 69b:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:19)

לְצִימְרָא בָּרָא – לַיְתֵי תְּלָתָא גְּרִיבֵי סוּפְלֵי, וּתְלָתָא גְּרִיבֵי אַטְרַף אַדָּרָא, וְנִישְׁלוֹקִינְהוּ כֹּל חַד לְחוֹדֵיהּ; וְלִיתֵיב בֵּינַיְיהוּ; וְלֹתְבִינְהוּ בְּתַרְתֵּי מְשִׁיכְלֵי, וְנַיְתֵי פָּתוּרָא וְנַנַּח עִילָּוֵיהּ, וְנֵיקוּם מֵעִילָּוֵי הַאי וְלֵותֵיב עִילָּוֵי הַאי, וּמֵעִילָּוֵי הַאי וְלֵותֵיב עִילָּוֵי הַאי, עַד דְּנִיסַּק בֵּיהּ הַבְלָא; וְלִסְחֵי מִינַּיְיהוּ, וְכִי שָׁתֵי – מִמַּיָּא דְאַדָּרָא לִישְׁתֵּי, מִמַּיָּא דְסוּפְלֵי לָא לִישְׁתֵּי; מִשּׁוּם דִּמְיעַקְּרִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for an external fever, let him bring three *se’a*** of **date pits [*suflei*], and three *se’a* [*gerivei*]** of **leaves of an *eder*** tree. **Let him cook each one individually and sit between them. And let him place them in two basins, and bring a table and place it over him. And let him stand up from over this** basin **and sit over this** basin, **and** then **let him stand up from over this** basin **and sit over this** basin, **until the heat rises on him** and he becomes very hot. **And let him wash from the** water of both basins, **and when** he **drinks, let him drink from the** basin containing the ***eder* water.** But do **not let him drink from** the basin containing **the date water, because** it **causes infertility.**


###### Gittin 69b:20
[Gittin 69b:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Gittin/r/69b:20)

לְצִימְרָא גַּוְונָא – לַיְתֵי שִׁבְעָה בּוּנֵי דְסִילְקָא מִשַּׁב מְשָׁארֵי, וְנִישְׁלוֹקִינְהוּ בְּעַפְרַיְיהוּ, וְנֵיכוֹל, וְנִישְׁתֵּי אַטְרַף אַדָּרָא בְּשִׁיכְרָא, אוֹ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
As a remedy **for an internal fever, let him bring seven handfuls of beet leaves from seven furrows. And let him cook them with their dirt and eat** them. **And let him drink** from ***eder* leaves** mixed **with beer or**