Ashtangasamgraha 40.4

40.4

atha dāhārhamāturaṃ kṛtasvastyayanamupahṛtasarvopakaraṇaṃ prākśiraḥsaṃviṣṭamāptāvalambitaṃ kṛtvā vaidyo nirdhūmabṛhatsthiradīptakhadirabadarādyaṅgārairayoghaṭanaprakāreṇa bhastrānilādhmātairvyajanena cordhvānirgacchajjvālatayāpāditāpadyamānabhāsurāgnivarṇairjāmbavauṣṭhādibhirvyādhipradeśavaśādvalayārdhacandasvastikāṣṭāpadabindurekhāpratisāraṇavikalpena muhurmuhurhitopahitābhirvāgbhiradbhiścāturamāśvāsayan dahedā samyagdāhaliṅgotpatteḥ |

ucchūnasuṣirapralūnadantanāḍīsajantuduṣṭavraṇeṣu tu snehamadhūcchiṣṭamadhuguḍeḥ pūrayitvā dahet |

samyagdagdhe ca madhusarpiṣī dadyācchītasnigdhāśca pradehān ||

Then, having performed auspicious rites for the patient fit for cautery, with all equipment brought near, lying with his head to the east, held by trusted attendants, the physician—using embers of khadira, badara, and other trees that are smokeless, large, firm, and bright, blown by bellows air in the manner of blacksmithing, and fanned by a fan so that by the flame rising upward they acquire and assume a brilliant fire color—should burn with the jambu-lip instrument and others, according to the diseased area, by choice of circular, crescent, svastika, eight-legged, dot, or streak strokes, repeatedly reassuring the patient with soothing words and water, until the appearance of the signs of proper burning.
However, in swollen, hollow, torn, dental sinus, and parasitic foul ulcers, having filled them with unctuous substances, beeswax, honey, and jaggery, one should burn them.
And when it is properly burned, one should apply honey and ghee, and cold, unctuous pastes.