Ashtangasamgraha 34.6

34.6

tadvacca mucuṭī |

sā tu sūkṣmadantarjurdvibhujā mūle rucakanaddhā valayapīḍanāt chinnārmaśeṣagambhīravraṇādhimāṃsāharaṇe ||

sirāmāṃsaṃ ca saṃśritya sasvāpaḥ paittalakṣaṇaḥ ||

And likewise is the mucuṭī (tweezers). / It, however, has fine teeth, two straight arms, is bound at the base with a ring, and by pressing the ring is [used] for extracting the remainder of an excised pterygium and proud flesh from deep wounds. / And lodging in the veins and flesh, accompanied by numbness, it has the signs of pitta.