Ashtangasamgraha 2.15

2.15

gatvā 'turārthādanyatra na nidhatte manaḥ kvacit |

vyādhīn parīkṣate samyaṅnidānādiviśeṣataḥ ||

nairṛtabhāgatvāttatra garbhasya maraṇam |

tasmāt prasavapratiṣedhārthaṃ strī snātā śucirbrahmacāriṇī devatārādhanaparā syāt |

māṃsaudanabāliṃ cātra nirvapet |

tasminnekadivasātikrānte 'pi prasavakālamāhurāsaṃvatsarāt |

ataḥ paraṃ vikārī bhavati ||

naktamālamubhe pāṭhe kaṭukāśigrutejanīḥ ||

tilatailatrivṛccūrṇabhāgau cāṣṭapalonmitau ||

saindhavamadhukasaṃsṛṣṭaṃ vā madanapuṣpakalkena ca sakṣaudreṇa stanaṃ bālasya coṣṭhamālimpet |

tena sukhaṃ vamati |

dhātrīṃ tu tīkṣṇairvāmayet |

tataḥ kṛtasaṃsarjanāṃ pañcamūlaghanavacātiviṣākvāthaṃ pāyayet |

tagarasuradārusurendrayavapṛthvīkāvṛścikālīkvāthaṃ vā |

āragvadhādiṃ mustādiṃ vā |

rūkṣoṣṇāṃśca nasyadhūmagaṇḍūṣapradehapariṣekān śīlayet |

aviruddhaṃ cānnapānaṃ yojayet ||

Having arrived, he does not direct his mind anywhere other than to the patient's matter.
He properly examines the diseases, especially according to etiology and so forth.
Because of belonging to the southwest quarter [nairṛtabhāga], death of the embryo occurs there.
Therefore, to avert [untimely] delivery, the woman should be bathed, pure, celibate, and intent upon worshiping the deities;
And here one should make an offering of cooked rice with meat.
Even when that [due period] has passed by a single day, they say the delivery period extends up to a full year;
Beyond this, it becomes abnormal.
Naktamāla, the two pāṭhās, kaṭukā, śigru, and tejanī;
And parts of sesame oil and trivṛt powder, measured at eight palas each;
Or mixed with rock salt and madhuka, and with a paste of madana flowers and honey, one should smear the breast and the lips of the child;
Thereby it vomits easily.
The wet nurse, however, one should cause to vomit with sharp [emetics].
Then, when the post-purification dietary regimen is completed, one should make her drink a decoction of pañcamūla, ghana, vacā, and ativiṣā;
Or a decoction of tagara, suradāru, surendrayava, pṛthvīkā, and vṛścikālī;
Or the group beginning with āragvadha or mustā;
And one should practice dry, hot nasal therapies, fumigations, gargles, poultices, and affusions;
And one should provide wholesome food and drink.