Charak Samhita

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

॥ 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