The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cupped, paid the cupper his wages, and used nasal medication.
حدثنا يحيى بن إسحاق أخبرني وهيب حدثنا ابن طاوس عن أبيه
أن رسول الله ﷺ احتجم وأعطى الحجام أجره واستعط
Its chain of transmission is sahih. Something similar has already been mentioned with two daif chains, 2155 and 2249, and it will come again by a sahih chain from this same route, 2659.Istaata: from "saoot," with the sin vowelled as "fatha," meaning what is placed as medicine in the nose.In H it reads "wa asqata," which is a copying error we have corrected from K, and from the coming narration 2659.