Charak Samhita

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सर्पिः शरदि पातव्यं वसा मज्जा च माधवे| तैलं प्रावृषि नात्युष्णशीते स्नेहं पिबेन्नरः ||१८||

sanskrit

[Time of administration] Ghrita (ghee) should be consumed in sharada (autumn) season, while vasa (muscle fat) and majja (bone marrow) in madhava (spring) season, and taila (oil) during pravrita (early monsoon). Sneha should be consumed at a time when it is neither very hot nor cold.

english translation

sarpiH zaradi pAtavyaM vasA majjA ca mAdhave| tailaM prAvRSi nAtyuSNazIte snehaM pibennaraH ||18||

hk transliteration