Charak Samhita

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अथास्य ताल्वोष्ठकण्ठजिह्वाप्रमार्जनमारभेताङ्गुल्या सुपरिलिखितनखया सुप्रक्षालितोपधानकार्पाससपिचुमत्या| प्रथमं प्रमार्जितास्यस्य चास्य शिरस्तालु कार्पासपिचुना स्नेहगर्भेण प्रतिसञ्छादयेत्| ततोऽस्यानन्तरं सैन्धवोपहितेन सर्पिषा कार्यं प्रच्छर्दनम् ||४३||

sanskrit

[Procedure for cleaning the baby after birth] Thereafter, the palate, lips, throat and tongue of the child should be cleaned with a clean cotton swab using a finger of the attendant, whose nails have been well manicured. After cleaning the mouth, a cotton swab well soaked in oil should be placed over the shirastalu (anterior fontanel) and then a procedure to provoke vomiting should be administered using ghee with saindhava (rock salt).

english translation

athAsya tAlvoSThakaNThajihvApramArjanamArabhetAGgulyA suparilikhitanakhayA suprakSAlitopadhAnakArpAsasapicumatyA| prathamaM pramArjitAsyasya cAsya zirastAlu kArpAsapicunA snehagarbheNa pratisaJchAdayet| tato'syAnantaraM saindhavopahitena sarpiSA kAryaM pracchardanam ||43||

hk transliteration by Sanscript