Astanga Hrudaya

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शस्त्रेण वा विशस्यादौ ततो निर्लोहितं व्रणम्। कृत्वा घृतेन संस्वेद्य बद्धाऽऽचारिकमादिशेत्॥२५॥

Removal of shalya which cannot be held by instruments: Those foreign bodies which cannot be held by instruments, should be removed by cutting open the site with sharp instruments. Then after the blood has been discharged (wound cleared of the blood), the wound is fomented with ghee (warm ghee), bandaged and the patient is advised to follow the prescribed regimen (related to diet).

english translation

zastreNa vA vizasyAdau tato nirlohitaM vraNam। kRtvA ghRtena saMsvedya baddhA''cArikamAdizet॥25॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript