Ashtangasamgraha 34.30

34.30

sūcīkūrco vṛttaikamūlo 'gre sunibaddhasaptāṣṭasūcikaḥ kuṣṭaśvitravyaṅgendraluptasuptādiṣu |

khajastvardhāṅgulāyatāṣṭakaṇṭakamukhastāmro lauho vā nāsābhyantaragataśoṇitamokṣaṇārthaḥ |

eṣaṇyā dve suślakṣṇasparśe tayorekāṣṭāṅgulā gatikothaśalyasrāvavatsu vraṇeṣu suṣirānveṣaṇe |

anyā sūcīsaṃsthānā kṣārāktasūtrapratibaddhā nāḍīnāṃ bhagandaragatīnāṃ ca bhedane |

baḍiśo 'tyavanatamukhaḥ sūcītīkṣṇāgro grahaṇe galaśuṇḍikārmādeḥ |

nakhaśastramaṣṭāṅgulamekato 'śvakarṇamukhamanyato vatsadantamukhaṃ sūkṣmaśalyod vṛtau ||

sravatyabhyadhikaṃ rātrau pittāttṛṅjvaradāhakṛt |

pītoṣṇapūtipūyasrugdivā cāti niṣiñcati ||

The needle-brush (sūcīkūrca) has a single round base with seven or eight needles well bound at the front; [it is used] in leprosy (kuṣṭha), vitiligo, facial blemishes, alopecia, numbness, and the like.

The churning probe (khaja), with eight barb-like points half a finger long at its end, made of copper or iron, is meant for extracting blood within the nose.

The directors (eṣaṇī) are two, very smooth to the touch; of the two, one is eight fingers long, for probing the hollows in ulcers that have sinus tracks, slough, foreign bodies, and discharge;

the other is needle-shaped and tied with an alkali-smeared thread, for splitting sinuses (nāḍī) and fistula-in-ano tracts.

The hook (baḍiśa) has an extremely curved beak with a tip sharp as a needle, for grasping the uvula, pterygium, and the like.

The nail-instrument (nakhaśastra) is eight fingers long, shaped like a horse's ear at one end and like a calf's tooth at the other, for extracting minute foreign bodies.

It discharges excessively at night, causes thirst, fever, and burning from pitta,

and during the day it flows copiously, discharging yellow, hot, and foul-smelling pus.