The Compendium of Caraka 6.1.2_13

6.1.2_13

bhallātakānyanupahatānyanāmayānyāpūrṇarasapramāṇavīryāṇi pakvajāmbavaprakāśāni śucau śukre vā māse saṃgṛhya yavapalle māṣapalle vā nidhāpayet, tāni caturmāsasthitāni sahasi sahasye vā māse prayoktumārabheta śītasnigdhamadhuropaskṛtaśarīraḥ/

Uninjured, disease-free bhallātakas, filled with taste, size, and potency, resembling ripe rose apples, having gathered them in the month of Śuci or Śukra, one should deposit them in a heap of barley or a heap of māṣa; having kept them for four months, one should begin to administer them in the month of Sahas or Sahasya, one's body prepared with cold, unctuous, and sweet [substances].