Ashtangasamgraha 1.51

1.51

'Selection of Physicians', 'Oleation', 'Sudation', 'Purification', 'Decoction Enemas', 'Nasal Therapy', / 'Smoking, Mouth Gargles, Eye Pouring, Eye Satiation, Instruments, and Leeches', / When fever is mild, the body light, and the wastes mobilized: / In the sixth, seventh, or eighth month, on an auspicious day, when [the child] is free from disease, / at the onset of cold weather, one should pierce the ears while calming [the child] seated on the wet-nurse's lap.