Procedure for drinking fat (internal oleation)

Oleation (snehana) is making the body unctuous by taking ghee, oil or another fat. The bowel is of three kinds, soft from pitta, medium from kapha and hard from vata, and ghee is given for three, five and seven days respectively; this rule holds for all oleation. A footnote adds that oleation and sudation are the preparatory steps before every purification therapy.