Buckwheat pillow is a popular pillow type for many people. It can change shape with the movement of the head and fit the head, so it is more comfortable. Many people think that buckwheat pillow is more healthy than ordinary pillow, can relieve dizziness, headache and other symptoms, and even regard it as' health pillow ', so can buckwheat pillow really keep health?
What is buckwheat
Buckwheat, commonly known as jingchangcao, is an important cereal crop, which plays an important role in the history of crop cultivation in ancient China. At the same time, buckwheat also has high medicinal value. There are many records of using buckwheat to treat diseases in medical works of past dynasties.
What are the health functions of buckwheat pillow
Buckwheat pillow is actually a pillow with buckwheat shell as its core. Buckwheat pillow has a long history. It was recorded in compendium of Materia Medica that 'buckwheat is cold and nontoxic. Buckwheat shell as pillow has appropriate effect on insomnia, dreaminess, dizziness, tinnitus and other diseases. Modern medicine has proved that buckwheat shell can adjust the flatness of pillows and improve air permeability. Pillows with too much elasticity, such as spring pillows and inflatable pillows, will constantly exert tension on the neck during sleep, which is easy to cause fatigue and damage to the neck muscles. Buckwheat shell pillows are soft and hard, which can enhance the neck support force and benefit the blood circulation of the head. Therefore, buckwheat shell pillows are used for a long time It can not only remove brain fire, clear the mind and clear the eyes, but also significantly improve insomnia, migraine, cervical spondylosis and other neck and shoulder muscle soreness and other symptoms. In addition, buckwheat pillow also has the advantages of warm in winter and cool in summer, no pollution and odor, can be cleaned and dried, green environmental protection and so on. Notes on buckwheat pillow
However, although buckwheat pillow is good, it can not be used anytime and anywhere. Some people in the use of buckwheat pillow, there are allergic symptoms, neck and forehead will come out itchy and painful red pimples. This is because of the high humidity in summer, buckwheat pillow is more likely to breed bacteria than ordinary pillow, causing mite allergy. Therefore, children, people with allergic constitution, asthma patients, and the elderly with urticaria should use buckwheat pillows with caution.
Buckwheat pillow has a certain health effect, but we should not exaggerate the fact, we should combine our own actual situation, choose the appropriate pillow to use.