According to the eastern knowledge system, when a fetus develops, at around the third month, it attracts a spirit of similar frequency as its own self. This spirit (atma) then enters it and the fetus begins to grow. Thus, a living child is born. The fetus till the third month is part of the mother but when the spirit enters, it starts developing an ahankara, which slowly starts differentiating it from the mother. The spirit equals the frequency of the body and hence, it becomes the body, while inherently remaining aloof. For example, we don’t have to move from our left hand to our right hand. We are both the hands together and yet we can live without the hands. Similarly, the spirit becomes the body because its ahankara relates itself to the body due to similar frequency. This ahankara differentiates between self and non-self. It constantly tells us that all that is the skin, and beneath it is the self and what is outside it is not the self.
Thus, ahankara is also the factor responsible for conversion of food (non-self) into tissues (self) using means of Agni (digestive fire). Our cells are soaked completely in ahankara and hence, physiologically, we do not suffer from autoimmune diseases as our cellular intelligence can differentiate between self and alien particles.
According to quantum physics, every particle vibrates at a certain frequency at all temperatures except 0 K or -273˚C. Thus, our body vibrates at a collective frequency and our spirit also vibrates either at that frequency or at a frequency resonating it. Till this frequency is maintained by our body, the spirit can stay in it. At the time of death, when the spirit starts leaving the body, the body undergoes rigor mortis, fast eye movements, etc which is the final attempt to match the frequency of the spirit, and when that fails, the spirit leaves the body resulting in death.
Food or material (non-self) that comes in contact with our body by any means, tries to blend in with our body’s vibrations. If this fails, it leads to diseases as mentioned by acharyas of ayurveda as “Asatmya Indriya Samyoga.” This principle follows the rule of entrainment. For example, when a hot substance is kept in a cold environment, there is an exchange of heat that takes place so as to make the substance blend in with the surroundings. Similarly when the material comes in contact with the body, the material tries to take up the frequency of the body and vice versa. But when such a substance’s frequency is totally not matched with that of the body, the body fails to treat it as a part of the self and hence reacts with the same. Thus, resulting in an allergic reaction.
Prana, or the life force, though spread across the body, particularly resides in specific areas known to us as marmas which are 107 in number. These are the centers of life forces, when these centers are disturbed by unmatching frequency, the prana starts leaving that part of the body resulting in damage proportional to the importance of the marma. For example, if the hrudaya (heart marma) gets affected, it will result in instant death (sadhyapranahara) but if it affects the extremities then it won’t be that severe (kalantarpranahara etc).
The exact reason for different people being prone to different allergens is because different people have different frequencies. Some ayurvedic practitioners believe that it has something to do with Prakriti or inherent nature of the person, but on careful examination, we come to know that the prakruti itself is determined by the frequency of shukra (sperm), artava (ovum) and their blending mechanism. So, even though it is related with prakruti, but that is still not the deepest and complete understanding of allergy. There is a deeper version which i am trying to present here.
Let me try and explain it more technically. There are 2 types of treatments we come across during practice.
1. Temporary (priority) treatment and
2. Permanent (primary) treatment.
Temporary treatment is insufficient and should only be used during emergency conditions, only to palliate the disease and relieve patient from symptoms. Temporary treatment includes all treatments that treat the sthaani (pathogens) and not the sthaan (site of pathogenesis). It gives immediate results but not lasting ones. For example if an antigen is settled at a weak organ in the body, then, to kill or stop that antigen from growing (antibiotics) or to weaken its effects or the sensitivity or its effects (pain killers) is temporary but priority treatment in emergency conditions giving immediate results but permanent and primary treatment includes strengthening the organ to an extent wherein if even the pathogens do attack it, it should be able to sustain it. This function is carried out by the body’s immunity and immunity is developed and dependant on ojas. Ojas is the best part (proper frequency) of the tissues and hence, allergens will first disturb ojas. Due to imbalanced ojas (which is responsible for immune response) hypersensitivity occurs. As we all know Ojas is responsible for maintaining life and if ojas (proper frequency of tissues) is not maintained, life will not be sustained, which is exactly what happens at the time of poisoning (as we all know, the properties of poison are totally opposite to that of ojas). Hence if ojas is disturbed to a great extent, it might result in death.
Here, we must also understand that allergy and poisoning are not too different from one another. The only difference is that poison is totally opposite to ojas and hence it reduces ojas, whereas allergens only disturb the balance of ojas
