What kind of pillow helps you sleep?
Buckwheat skin pillow
Buckwheat has a tough and unbreakable diamond structure, and the buckwheat skin pillow can change its shape with the head moving left and right, making it very comfortable to sleep. The cleaning method is to bask in the sun regularly, but the disadvantage is poor plasticity, so it is difficult to create a perfect ergonomic shape.
Kapok pillow
Filled with pure natural pillow core material, kapok is a natural wild cellulose in the fruit of woody plant Panzhihua tree, which has the effects of expelling wind and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. The hollow degree of kapok fiber is as high as 86%, far exceeding that of man-made fiber and any other natural material by 25%-40%. The fiber industry knows that it is an excellent textile material with ultra-high warmth retention, natural antibacterial, moth-proof and mildew-proof. Kapok fiber is ultra-short, ultra-fine and super-soft, especially Indonesian first-class kapok.
Down pillow
Easy to use, but inconvenient to clean. A good down pillow should choose larger down, which is more fluffy, can provide better support for the head and will not be deformed because of long-term use. Moreover, eiderdown has the advantages of light weight, air permeability and no mugginess. Down pillow is a kind of pillow with good material, but its most prominent disadvantage is that it is not easy to clean.
Tea pillow
The tea in the tea pillow is not easily broken after special processing. The natural color of tea has the functions of reducing fire, clearing away heat, improving eyesight, calming nerves and calming the heart, and has strong hygroscopicity and taste absorption. Sleeping with a tea pillow and smelling fresh tea fragrance makes it easier to fall asleep, but the pillow core needs to be dried more than twice a month, and the tea fragrance can last for about two to three years.
Lavender pillow
The faint fragrance of lavender smells very comfortable, which can soothe the corners of the eyes and calm the mood, and has a good effect on insomnia. Lavender pillows are generally not completely filled with lavender, which is too thick, and there are fiber cotton, buckwheat skin and so on. It is usually added to preserve the faint natural fragrance, which has a good effect on improving sleep quality.
Cassia seed pillow
Cassia seed is slightly cold and slightly fragrant with grass. Sleeping with a pillow smells like sleeping in the green grass. Its hard seeds can also massage the head and neck points, so it has an auxiliary effect on headache, dizziness, insomnia, cerebral arteriosclerosis and cervical spondylosis caused by hyperactivity of liver yang. Cassia seed has many uses in natural physiotherapy, and is widely used in the fields of lowering blood pressure, relaxing bowels and losing weight. In addition, cassia seed has unique coolness, which is particularly comfortable to use in summer, especially in line with Chinese medicine.
Keep your head cool and your feet hot.
Basic physiotherapy theory.
Slow rebound memory neck pillow
Memory pillow combined with mechanics and ergonomic design, 40-degree elevation angle, completely in line with the physiological curve of head and neck. The opening structure of the pillow core has good air permeability, and the pillow core can quickly sweat, prevent moisture and mildew, has no peculiar smell, and is dry and comfortable to sleep.
Latex pillow
Latex is not only good in price, good in elasticity, difficult to deform and strong in support. It is said that latex can change the head shape of children with developing bones, and there will be no allergens such as dust and fiber that cause respiratory allergies. Some latex pillows also have the functions of massage and promoting blood circulation. Latex pillow is a good pillow, but it is also expensive and not suitable for ordinary families.
Cold water stone pillow
Cold water stone pillow is a pillow filled with cold water stone. Cold water is cold, absorbs damp heat and helps sleep. Pillow doctor stone pillow, which is the first Chinese medicine mixed with natural minerals.
Calcite, glauberite
A new pillow made by special technology and implanted into the pillow core is a health pillow which integrates magnetic therapy, physical therapy and drug therapy. Nowadays, more and more people choose to keep fit in their sleep, and cold water stone pillows have become the best choice.
Chemical fiber pillow
Cheap but not practical, this is an ordinary man-made fiber pillow. Its advantage is that it is easy to clean. Because the chemical fiber material is airtight, it is easy to deform, block and lack elasticity after being used for a long time, and the pillow is uneven, especially the inferior chemical fiber pillows produced by some small manufacturers. Therefore, I suggest that when you buy pillows, you should try to choose well-known brands with good elasticity, and don't covet the cheap ones that are easy to deform and inferior.
Main points of pillow purchase
Reasonable height
Generally speaking, people with high blood pressure, heart disease and asthma need to sleep on high pillows; People with low blood pressure and anemia need to sleep on low pillows. Too high or too low a pillow is not good for human health. Therefore, for normal people, it is more appropriate for those who are used to lying on their backs to punch high, while those who are used to lying on their sides to punch high and a half. Therefore, although people's pillow height often varies from person to person, it is related to everyone's height, fat and thin, shoulder width and narrow, head circumference and neck curvature. There is no certain standard, but the average person spends more time sleeping on his back, and the average doctor will suggest that the height of one punch is more appropriate, not the height of one punch and a half.
Reasonable hardness
Generally speaking, hard pillows are beneficial to human health, but hard pillows make the contact surface between the head and the pillow too small, and the local pressure is too large, which makes people feel uncomfortable, and it is likely to cause too much pressure on local nerves, leading to numbness or pain in the head, neck, back, arms and hands the next morning. Too soft a pillow is difficult to keep the height of the pillow, because too soft will oppress the scalp and is not conducive to blood circulation. At the same time, there is also the problem of poor air permeability, which can not ensure adequate breathing during sleep, and there may be potential safety hazards. Therefore, the hardness of the pillow should be moderate, and the height of the pillow is different in different sleeping positions. It must be noted that the height of the pillow is about 15-20cm when we lie on our back and about 20- 15cm when we lie on our side. For the health of cervical spine, please choose pillows rationally.
Pillow elasticity
According to medical investigation, prone posture occupies a certain proportion in everyone's sleep process. Pillows with poor air permeability will make people breathe poorly during sleep, which will seriously affect people's health and may even cause safety problems. Most pillow manufacturers in the market have considered this problem and adopted porous fiber to solve this problem. Good elasticity mainly means that the soft pillow core material can prevent the pillow from collapsing, ensure the pillow to be used comfortably for a long time, and increase the supporting force of the neck bending, but the pillow with good elasticity also has the disadvantage of unstable sleeping position. The best pillow needs moderate elasticity and support.
Reasonable position
When sleeping, it is very important that the head is in a reasonable position on the pillow. Generally speaking, it is best to put your head in the middle of the pillow, so as to stabilize your sleeping position and avoid stiff neck caused by frequent posture changes at night. Second, it can make the neck have a certain supporting force and maintain the normal physiological curve of the body. The normal sleeping position is supine, with the head in the middle of the pillow and the neck on the edge of the pillow. The pillow will support your neck and will not put pressure on the cervical vertebra. If the pillow core is made of inelastic material, you can flatten the middle of the pillow, raise the place where the neck rests on the pillow, so that the cervical vertebra does not bend forward or sideways, and maintain a proper backward extension position, so that the cervical vertebra will not be sore in the morning.
Change time
How long does it take to change a pillow? Many people only change their pillows every four years, but in fact, they should change their pillows every 1 ~ 3 years.