Ashtangasamgraha 23.23

23.23

rogamādau parīkṣeta tadanantaramauṣadham |

tataḥ karma bhiṣak paścāt jñānapūrvaṃ samācaret ||

tailadroṇyāṃ cātra śayanam |

antarāyāmaścaitayorghorataraḥ api ca ||

śleṣmā ca pūtirnirgacchet pūtināsaṃ vadanti ||

First one should examine the disease, and immediately after that the medicine;

Thereafter, acting with knowledge, the physician should perform the treatment.

And here, lying down in an oil-trough [is indicated].

And between these two, antaryāma (emprosthotonos) is more terrible; moreover:

And putrid śleṣman comes out; they call it pūtināsa.