Intake of dry, cold insufficient, light, bitter, pungent, astringent food; excess sex indulgence, excess purification procedures, improper treatment, bloodletting, prolonged fasting, excess swimming, walking,exercise, worries, grief, emaciation; suppression of natural urges, production of aama, trauma, injury to vital organs, fall from height.
There is loss of function of either the left or right half of the body. The muscles and nerves of the half side of the body are affected by vata. This is called pakshaghata or hemiplegia.
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Provocated vata gives pain to the face and therefore it is called Ardhita.
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Vata is vitiated which affects nerves from the lumbar region up to the heel and produces severe pain.Getting starts from the lumbar region and radiates downwards to thigh, knee, calf,ankle and foot. Affected leg becomes stiff and the patient is unable to make it straight. The patient walks like a vulture(gridhra) and hence the name is given.
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Vitiated vata lodges in nerves, muscles, tendons of hands and legs which cause convulsions and atrophy of that part.
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