Causes of vāta aggravation

Vāta is said to be aggravated by excessive exercise and sexual activity, long journeys on foot, riding, carrying loads, wrong times of sleep, immersion in water and blows of wind; by barnyard millet, wild rice, kodo millet and poor grains, field beans, lentils, black gram, green gram, pigeon pea, bitter, astringent and dried vegetables and light foods; and by excessive joy, strong wind, injury, yawning, snowfall, blows, and dry or very cold food and drink.