and oil extracted from it in the manner of pressing tila (sesame) in a mill or of boiling in the manner of kusumbha. This oil processed again by boiling in the fire of cow dung till all the water gets evaporated.
It is filled into a container which is concealed in a heap of (ash of) cow dung for a fortnight. After fortnight, it should be removed and then the person who has undergone oleation, sudation and purificatory therapies,
should consume this oil, one paanitala (karsha – 12ml) in quantity in the morning, in between the morsels of foods, after sanctifying the oil with the following sacred hymn, on an auspicious day
“Oh, you, the essence of the marrow, the valiant, purify all the dhatus (tissues) you are ordered thus by Achyuta who holds the shankha (conch shell), chakra (wheel weapon) and gada (mace) in his hands.”
Soon afterwards, the doshas begin to come out (of the body) from above (through vomiting) and below (through purgation). In the evening, he should drink thin gruel without fats and salts and made cool.