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91:3 One who has a slight toothache, but isn't in great pain, shouldn't
rinse them with vinegar or other liquids as a treatment and then spit it
out.1 Rather one should rinse and then swallow.2 One can also dip bread
in vinegar and eat it normally. Similarly, one who has discomfort in his
throat shouldn't gargle with a liquid,3 rather swallow it and if he's
cured then he's cured.
1) If one rinses one's mouth and then spits out, it's obvious that one is doing it for medicinal purposes. It's even forbidden to leave it in one's mouth for a prolonged period, and then swallow it (see Mishna Berurah 328:101). 2) It's forbidden to swallow any liquid which people in the local area don't usually swallow (Mishna Berurah 328:105). Warning ! if you try this make sure the vinegar is 3% or less in strength. Using whisky is safer. 3) And then spit it out. |
החושש בשיניו במיחוש בעלמא ואין לו צער גדול לא יגמע בהן חומץ או שאר משקה לרפואה ויפלוט את המשקה אלא מגמע ובולע או טובל בו פת ואוכלו כדרכו וכן החושש בגרונו לא יערענו באיזה משקה אלא בולע ואם נתרפא נתרפא |
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91:4 One who feels slight abdominal pain or the like, and similarly one
who has a rash on his head, in these provinces1 since it's not the
custom to smear with oil, for if it was for medical treatment it's
forbidden to apply on Shabbat, because it would be obvious it's being
applied for medical reasons.2
1) Hungary in the late 1800's, where the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch was written. 2) So if one lives in an area where it's normal for healthy people to smear oil on the body for pleasure, then it would be allowed to do this on Shabbat, even for medical reasons. | החושש במתניו וכדומה וכן מי שיש לו חטטין בראשו במדינות אלו כיון שאין נוהגין לסוך בשמן כי אם לרפואה אסור לסוך בשבת משום דמוכחא מילתא דלרפואה קעביד |
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91:5 One who suffers from (a type of) heart pain which is treated by
sucking milk directly from a goat's udder, is allowed (to do this) on
Shabbat.1 (since sucking (in this way) is like ''extracting'' in an
unusual way, and because of the distress of the sick person (the sages)
didn't prohibit this).2
1) Given as a cure in Ketuvot 60a. 2) The Sages didn't forbid performing a prohibited Shabbat activity in an unusual manner in situations where severe pain or sickness is involved (see Shulchan Aruch Harav 328:19 and Mishna Berurah 328:54) | הגונח מכאב לב שרפואתו לינק בפיו מן העז מותר בשבת משום דיניקה הוי מפרק כלאחר יד ומשום צערא דחולי לא גזרו רבנן |
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