the passage cleared and a thread soaked in solution of alkali inserted into it many times, making the channel clear and wide. The treatments advocated for ulcers which have bad (exudation) and small mouth(opening) and are deep seated,
the same treatments, the same medicinal wicks and oils are also beneficial even in sinus ulcers. Paste of chanchuphala is best for application for cure of Sinus ulcer.
Bark of Areca catechu, salt, lākṣaṃ – Laccifer lacca, būkasya patraṃ – Sesbania grandiflora women’s milk, sap of Snuk -Euphorbia neriifolia and of Arka – Calotropis gigantea made into a paste and then into a wick, cures sinus ulcer very soon.
सामुद्रसौवर्चलसिन्धुजन्मसुपक्वघोण्टाफलवेश्मधूमाः । आम्रातगायत्रिजपल्लवाश्च कटङ्कटेर्यावथ चेतकी च ॥ ३९ ॥
Sea salt, black salt, rock salt, bark of well ripe fruit of Ghonta – Areca catechu, (Angara dhuma) Kitchen soot, āmrāta – Spondias pinnata, tender leaves of Acacia catechu, kaṭaṅkaṭeryau – Berberis aristata and (Kanguni) – Celastrus paniculatus or Callicarpa macrophylla these together made use of
in the form of paste, for bathing, powder, medicinal wick etc. These make for disappearance of the sinus ulcers just like wealth in a helpless man of unsteady nature.