Ashtangasamgraha 37.11

37.11

tatra tvakpranaṣṭe snigdhasvinnāyāṃ mṛnmāṣayavagodhūmagomayacūrṇamarditāyāṃ tvaci yatra saṃrambho vedanā vā bhavati |

yatra vā styānaṃ sarpirnihitamāśu vilīyate |

pralepo vā śuṣyati |

tatra śalyaṃ jānīyāt |

māṃsapranaṣṭe snehādibhiḥ kriyābhirāturamupapādayet |

karśitasya ca śithilībhūtamanavabaddhaṃ kṣubhyamānaṃ yatra yatra saṃrambhaṃ vedanāṃ vā janayati tatra śalyam ||

In this matter, when it is lost in the skin: on the skin which has been oleated, sudated, and rubbed with a powder of earth, black gram, barley, wheat, and cow dung, wherever irritation or pain occurs;
or where solid ghee applied melts quickly;
or an unguent dries;
there one should recognize the foreign body.
When it is lost in muscle, one should prepare the patient with procedures such as oleation;
and in one who is emaciated, wherever it has become loose, unattached, and being agitated produces irritation or pain, there is the foreign body.