Just as water saturates the cloth to its capacity and then drains off, so does the unctuous dose get digested according to the strength of the gastric fire and drain off when in excess.
Or, just as the water hurriedly poured over the lump of clay flows away without saturating it, so also does the hurriedly taken unctuous potion pass out without fully oleating the body.
लवणोपहिताः स्नेहाः स्नेहयन्त्यचिरान्नरम्| तद्ध्यभिष्यन्द्यरूक्षं च सूक्ष्ममुष्णं व्यवायि च ||९८||
[The Virtues of Adding Salt] The unctuous substance mixed with salt hastens the process of oleation (sneha) , as salt has liquefacient, non-dry, subtle, hot and diffusive properties.
Oleation (sneha) should be done first; then sudation should be given, and when oleation (sneha) and sudation have been accomplished, the purificatory procedure or the sedative procedure should be given.
[Summary] Here is a recapitulatory verse— Unctuous articles, the full procedure of oleation (sneha), the likely complications and their remedies together with drugs required—all these, have been described by the worshipful son of Candrabhaga, in accordance with the questions asked.