What are the benefits and functions of buckwheat pillows? Is it normal for buckwheat pillows to have a smell?

Buckwheat pillows have the advantages of good air permeability and never deforming. In addition, they also have the benefits of aromatic invigoration, blood circulation, calming the mind, improving intelligence and refreshing the brain, regulating internal organs, and regulating yin and yang. Due to the unique structure of buckwheat shells, it has good air permeability, never deforms, strong plasticity, warm in winter and cool in summer. Therefore, we often use buckwheat to make pillows. The following is a detailed introduction about it.

Contents of this article

1. Benefits and functions of buckwheat pillow

2. Is it normal for buckwheat pillows to have a smell?

3. What to do if the buckwheat pillow has a smell

Benefits and functions of buckwheat pillow

(1) One of the benefits and functions of buckwheat pillows

The medicines with the functions of aromatic awakening, promoting blood circulation, calming the mind, improving intelligence and refreshing the brain, nourishing the internal organs, and regulating yin and yang are specially processed and put into the pillow as pillow core. When sleeping, the pillow is used to achieve the effect of smelling the fragrance and curing diseases. This method of curing diseases is a specific application of the theories of the four properties and five flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, rising and falling, floating and sinking, and meridians. When sleeping, the head temperature causes the effective ingredients of the medicine in the buckwheat pillow to slowly emit, and the fragrance condenses around the pillow. Its smell is light but not thin, long but not weak, clear but not turbid, quiet but not faint, and scattered but not moving.

(2) Benefits and functions of buckwheat pillows

Due to the unique structure of buckwheat husk, it has good air permeability, never deforms, has strong plasticity, and is warm in winter and cool in summer. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia records: "Buckwheat husk clears the brain and improves eyesight, and has appropriate effects on insomnia, dreaminess, dizziness, tinnitus and other diseases." According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, buckwheat is cold, cool and non-toxic. Buckwheat husk is used as a pillow to improve eyesight, refresh the mind, and relax muscles and activate blood circulation. Using a buckwheat pillow can improve eyesight, clear heat and calm the mind, and promote sleep. Modern medicine has proved that long-term use of buckwheat husk pillows can dispel brain fire, clear the mind, improve eyesight, and significantly improve insomnia, migraines, cervical spondylosis, and other neck and shoulder muscle pains.

(3) Benefits and functions of buckwheat pillows

Contains pure natural beneficial ingredients, which can strengthen the brain and improve eyesight, eliminate fatigue, astringe sweat, regulate qi and blood, cool and relieve fever, warm in winter and cool in summer, prevent bleeding caused by fragile capillaries, and especially prevent diabetes, hypertension, migraine, insomnia, cervical spondylosis, etc. Children can use it to stimulate the brain, prevent myopia, and inhibit or eliminate brain deformities and brain deviations.

Is it normal for buckwheat pillows to have a smell?

Buckwheat pillows use buckwheat husks as pillow fillings. Buckwheat pillows have the advantages of good air permeability and never deforming. In addition, they have the benefits of being aromatic and invigorating the orifices, activating blood circulation and unblocking meridians, calming the mind, improving intelligence and refreshing the brain, regulating the internal organs, and harmonizing yin and yang.

The health benefits of buckwheat pillows are the concrete application of the theories of the four properties and five flavors, rising and falling, and meridians of traditional Chinese medicine. When sleeping, the warmth of the head causes the effective ingredients of the medicine in the pillow to slowly emit, and the fragrance condenses around the pillow. Its smell is light but not thin, long but not weak, clear but not turbid, quiet but not faint, and scattered but not moving.

In addition, according to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", buckwheat pillows have the unique effects of improving eyesight, clearing away heat and calming the mind, and promoting sleep.

Buckwheat pillows will only produce odor when they become damp, so you must clean your pillows regularly, and it is best to replace the pillow core every six months.

What to do if buckwheat pillow has smell

Cleaning method:

1. Make a bag with gauze. The size of the bag is about the same as the buckwheat pillow.

2. Divide the buckwheat husks in the pillow into three portions and put 1/3 of the buckwheat husks into a gauze bag each time.

3. Put it in the washing machine for cleaning, or you can wash it by hand in a basin.

4. After washing, spin dry in the washing machine.

5. Place the buckwheat husk under bright sunlight to dry thoroughly.

6. Put the dried buckwheat husk back into the pillow.