Ashtangasamgraha 28.9

28.9

And it may always be used, like the mādhutailika; / it is comfortable, strengthening, complexion-promoting, promotes elimination of waste products, and destroys doṣas without requiring strict regimens, for children, the elderly, those exhausted by travel, carrying loads, vehicles, exercise, worry, and constant indulgence in women, for women, kings, lords, the delicate, the weak, those broken by vāta, and those with weak digestive fire; nevertheless, neither of the two should be administered during indigestion, nor should daytime sleep be indulged in; / and it is called anuvāsana because, while remaining (anuvasat) alongside the food, it does not do harm, or because it is given day after day (anuvāsaram).