Cakradatta (Cikitsasangraha) 67.21

67.21

tryahāvaraṃ saptadinaṃ parantu
snigdho paraḥ svedayitavya iṣṭaḥ .
nātaḥ paraṃ snehanamādiśanti
sātmī bhavet saptadinātparaṃ tu .. 21 ..

Three days is the minimum, but seven days is the maximum; / properly oleated, he should then be subjected to sudation as desired. / They do not prescribe oleation beyond this, / for after seven days it becomes habitual.