Ashtangasamgraha 36.3

36.3

sirāvyadhaścikitsārdhaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ vā cikitsitam |

śalyatantre smṛto yadvadbastiḥ kāyacikitsite ||

avaktrā tvalajī vṛttāḥ stokapūyā ghanonnatāḥ |

granthayaḥ pañca vā ṣaḍvā kacchapī kacchaponnatāḥ ||

Venesection is half of the treatment, or the complete treatment, / just as enema is regarded in internal medicine, so is it considered in surgery. / An alajī is mouthless, round, has little pus, and is thick and elevated; / five or six nodules elevated like a tortoise constitute kacchapī.