Indian Medicine (Medicin), translated by C. G. Kashikar c9.49.3

c9.49.3

These reeds are applied in fistula of the anus, hemorrhoids, tumour, ulcer, enemata, injection in the urinary passage, hydrocele, dropsy, inhalation, stricture of the urinary passage and the anus. The calabashes and horns for cupping also belong to this. AS and AHr describe some of these Nāḍīyantras in detail, thus a 10 fingers long and 5 fingers broad reed for the examination of a śalya stuck to the throat, a short but thick reed for examining, cauterizing and operating in the case of piles, a 16 fingers long reed for the examination of female genitals etc. 5. Śalākāyantra "instruments of the kind of awl" are 28 in number. Out of these, seven have earthworm-like points for probing, two have ends like an arrowshaft for shaking, two have ends like a serpent-hood for pushing, two have hooklike points for extracting, two have a little bent ends, of the form of a half lentil for extracting śalya from external organs, six have turbanlike points, surrounded with cotton for wiping off (pus, blood, cauteries etc.), three have spoonlike points for introducing cauterizing material, three have heads like Jambu fruit for cauteries and brandings, one with a point like a half fruit-kernel for extracting or branding a tumour in the nose. There are three more Śalākāyantras for branding and one for introducing eye-ointment and for cleansing the urinary canal.