What are the benefits of making your own buckwheat pillow?

Nowadays, more and more people pay attention to health preservation and attach more and more importance to the quality of sleep. If you want to have a good sleep, you can’t do without a good pillow. Many people have begun to learn how to make buckwheat pillows by themselves, and they can choose the pillow core materials and make them themselves, which makes them feel more at ease. Why are buckwheat pillows so popular? What are the benefits of using a buckwheat pillow? Let me introduce it to you below.

Buckwheat is a medicine that has the effects of aromatic invigoration, promoting blood circulation and unblocking meridians, calming the nerves, improving intelligence and refreshing the brain, regulating internal organs, and regulating yin and yang. After special processing, it is put into the pillow as a pillow core, or made into a thin medicine bag and placed on an ordinary pillow. When sleeping, the pillow can achieve the effect of smelling the fragrance and curing diseases. This method of treatment is a specific application of the theories of the four properties and five flavors, rising and falling, and meridians of traditional Chinese medicine.

When you sleep, the temperature of your head causes the effective ingredients of the medicine in the pillow to slowly dissipate, and the fragrance condenses around the pillow. Its scent is light but not thin, long-lasting but not weak, clear but not turbid, quiet but not dull, and dispersed but not running away. Buckwheat pillows are made of buckwheat husks as pillow fillings. Due to the unique structure of buckwheat husks, they have good air permeability, never deform, have strong plasticity, and are warm in winter and cool in summer. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia records: "Buckwheat husks clear the brain, improve eyesight, and have appropriate effects on insomnia, nightmares, dizziness, tinnitus and other diseases." According to Compendium of Materia Medica, using buckwheat husk pillow can improve eyesight, clear away heat and soothe the mind, promote sleep, etc.

Note: Every one to two years, you should disassemble the pillow shell and clean it. When the pillow core is taken out, put it in the sun to kill germs. It is recommended to use water below 40 degrees for cleaning. As long as the leather is not too broken, you can keep using it. When washing, soak it in clean water two or three times, then take it out, put it in a woven bag and spin dry it in a dryer, take it out and dry it in the sun, it can be disinfected, and then it can be used.

The above is an introduction to homemade buckwheat pillows. Now you are clear about the effects and benefits of buckwheat. You might as well make one quickly. With a good pillow, you can sleep sweetly and get good sleep quality every day. However, although homemade pillows are good, you still need to clean them regularly. The pillow core also needs to be washed, but it should not be exposed to the sun, just dry it.