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The function of silk
1. Quilts and clothes: Silk is the lightest, softest and finest natural fiber in nature, and it can be easily restored after external force is removed. The inner tube is non-caking, non-stuffy, non-shrinking, uniform and soft, and can be used permanently without turning over. Silk is made of fine silk and has a novel fiber structure, so that water vapor can circulate freely.

2. Coupled with the unique air permeability and moisture permeability of silk itself, silk is smoother to the touch, cool but not warm, warm but not dry. Mulberry silk is mainly composed of animal protein, which is rich in 18 amino acids necessary for human body. It can promote the vitality of skin cells, prevent vascular sclerosis, prevent skin aging after long-term use, have special antipruritic effect on some skin diseases, and have certain health care effects on arthritis, scapulohumeral periarthritis and asthma. Known as "the second skin of human body" and "the queen of fiber".

3. Medical field: Silk fibroin and sericin are components of spun silk. After being treated with concentrated sulfuric acid, the same substance as heparin can be obtained, which has anticoagulant activity and delays coagulation time, and can be used to develop blood testing equipment or antithrombotic materials. By changing some processing conditions in the same way, spun silk rich in water absorption and water retention can be processed into advanced water-based materials or other physiological health care products.

4. Industrial field: The silk powder processed into particles can be used as an additive for cosmetics or health food, and can also be made into silk paper containing silk powder or food fresh-keeping packaging materials and antibacterial silk materials. Silk fibroin film can be used not only to process contact lenses, but also to mix silk powder as fine as 0.3μm with resin to develop a new product called silk leather. High-grade coatings made by adding silk powder into some coatings can be used to spray furniture supplies, increase the elegant appearance and good touch of utensils, and are widely used in various indoor decorations.

5, natural silk fabric mask, leading the new beauty trend: the structure of natural silk is very similar to human skin, so it has the reputation of the second skin of the human body. Silk beauty has a long history in China. As early as the Ming Dynasty in China, silk was used by court ladies for daily beauty and health preservation because of its important medicinal value. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, silk protein powder can eliminate skin dark spots and treat suppurative dermatitis. Modern medical experiments further prove that the protein content of silk is much higher than that of pearl, in which the nitrogen content is 37 times that of pearl, and the main amino acid content is as high as 10 times.

6, the benefits of silk quilt:

(1) promotes sleep. Sericin of silk contains 18 amino acids, and these amino acids emit tiny molecules, also called "sleep factors", which can make people's nerves in a relatively stable state. Covering with silk quilt can improve sleep, enhance human vitality and delay aging.

(2) It has good cold resistance and constant temperature. Silk quilt has the reputation of "queen of fiber", which contains the highest "silk quantity gap" among fibers. In cold weather, it can reduce the thermal conductivity and keep warm better than leather and cotton. In hot weather, it can discharge excess heat and keep the temperature in the quilt comfortable.

(3) The silk quilt itself has strong strength and extensibility, and it is a warp and weft mesh structure, which eliminates the matrix displacement or hole breaking phenomenon during the use of the quilt, and can be used for a long time, maintaining a comfortable and fluffy feeling.

(4) It has the characteristics of anti-mite, anti-bacterial, anti-allergic and skin-friendly. Sericin component of silk can not only make people's skin delicate and shiny, but also prevent mites and molds from breeding, which is more beneficial to allergic constitution.