Ashtangasamgraha 26.28

26.28

nor to a pregnant woman, a menstruating woman, or a newly delivered woman, or [only] mildly in an acute emergency;
[it is indicated] in dyspnea, cough, catarrh, hiccup, flatulence, and constipation,
in hoarseness, vāta disorders, hemiplegia, and apastambha.
However, having grasped what is enlarged with a hook or forceps and cut it with a round-tipped knife, one should rub it with sharp substances.
A mouth-gargle is made with pungent and sharp substances, or oil dusted with barley-ash.