Ashtangasamgraha 30.12

30.12

There, for the ordinary [smoke], two or three puffs each, and three turns.

When the doṣa is agitated above the throat, first through the nose, then through the mouth.

In the throat, however, first through the mouth.

And at the most, one should smoke twice in a day and night.

Even without paste, [the heat] escapes; therefore one should not apply paste at night.