Ashtangasamgraha 17.42

17.42

saṅkhyābhedo yathā nāsti rasānāmapi sa kramaḥ |

dṛṣṭaṃ mukhopalepādi yatsarveṣu ghṛtādiṣu ||

pūryate ca sutarām |

atastṛtīyacaturthapañcamaṣaṣṭhāṣṭamadvādaśaṣoḍaśarātrāṇāmanyatamamantaraṃ kṛtvā doṣodakamalpaśo visrāvayet |

nisrute ca doṣodake vimṛdyodaramāvikakauśeyacarmaṇāmanyatareṇa gāḍhataraṃ veṣṭayet |

tathā nādhmāpayati vāyuḥ |

laṅghayitvā ca yavāgūmalpasnehalavaṇāṃ mātrayā pāyayet |

tataḥ paraṃ ṣaṇmāsān kṣīravṛttirbhavet |

tato māsatrayaṃ kṣīrapeyāṃ pibet |

anyacca māsatrayamalpalavaṇamalpakṣīraṃ śyāmākaṃ koradūṣaṃ vā bhuñjīteti |

bhavati cātra ||

Just as there is no difference in the count, such is the order among tastes as well;
that coating of the mouth and the like which is seen in all instances such as ghee,

and it fills up completely.
Therefore, having made an interval of any one among the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, twelfth, or sixteenth day and night, he should drain the morbid fluid in small amounts;
and when the morbid fluid has flowed out, having massaged the abdomen, he should bandage it firmly with any one among sheepskin, silk, or leather;
in that way vāyu does not distend it;
and having made him fast, he should give him a measured amount of gruel with a little oil and salt to drink;
thereafter he should remain on a milk diet for six months;
then for three months he should drink milk-gruel;
and for another three months he should eat śyāmāka or koradūṣa grain with a little salt and a little milk.
And here it is said: