What should I do with a pillow? What is better for pillows?

Pillows made of buckwheat husks are a nice touch

Buckwheat pillow is made of buckwheat husk as the filler of the pillow core, due to the unique structure of buckwheat husk, it has good air permeability, and never deformed, strong plasticity, warm in winter and cool in summer. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia records: "Buckwheat husk clears the brain, brightens the eyes, and has appropriate effects on insomnia, dreaminess, dizziness, tinnitus and other diseases."

According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", the use of buckwheat husk pillow can brighten the eyes, clear heat and calm the nerves, and promote sleep.

Buckwheat is also divided into sweet buckwheat and bitter buckwheat, sweet buckwheat is softer, and bitter buckwheat is relatively harder.

Some poor buckwheat pillows are not buckwheat husks, but buckwheat husks, which are broken buckwheat husks.

Buckwheat husks are three-dimensional ridges, and buckwheat husks are fragmented as the name suggests.

According to my personal understanding, buckwheat husks are definitely far less breathable than buckwheat husks.

Tea leaves, which can be drunk or fresh, but have to be dried, are made into pillows, and the effect is very good.

I feel that the ancient porcelain is the best.

There are many types of pillows sold on the market now, and the right height is the primary consideration when choosing a pillow.

For adults, when choosing a pillow, you should choose a pillow with the right height, so that the head can be slightly bent, the neck muscles can be relaxed, and the breathing is smooth, which is conducive to sleep.

Different sleeping positions should also choose different pillows, if you are usually used to lying on your back, then it is best to choose a full and fluffy pillow, which can not only support the head well, but also prevent the head from being raised too high; If you are used to lying on your side, the pillow height will be higher than that of lying on your back, and some people are used to sleeping in a prone position, so you should try to choose a soft and breathable pillow.

a qualified pillow, not less than 25 cm in length, preferably a width of the shoulders; The part that supports the cervical spine should be three to five centimeters higher than the part that supports the back of the head.

In short, when choosing a pillow, you should feel it for yourself, because what suits you is the best.

We spend about 1 3 of our lives on a pillow, so how can we spend that time comfortably and healthily?

The spine of a normal person has 3 physiological curvatures, while the cervical spine is slightly convex anteriorly. Therefore, the headrest and back of the person are not in a straight line, and there is a depression between the two, which is about 150° angle. The height of the pillow chosen is just so that people can maintain this physiological curvature, which can make the nerves and muscles of the neck in a relaxed state, and the blood in the brain is normal, which is beneficial to rest and sleep.

At the same time, it also makes the neck breathing smooth, and it is not easy to snore. If you use a pillow that is too high for a long time, the neck will be fixed in the forward flexion position, and over time, the original physiological curvature of the cervical spine will be changed, and the shape of the neck bones will change, and cervical subluxation will occur, and the surrounding nerves and muscles will be compressed, resulting in muscle soreness, headache, and shoulder periodontitis. At the same time, the anterior flexion of the neck will also compress the cervical artery, so that the blood supply to the brain is not smooth, often causing mild hypoxia in the brain, and accelerating the consumption of brain cells.

If the pillow is too low or do not use a pillow, due to the low position of the head, it is easy to make the venous blood flow sufficient, the venous return is not good, the cerebral blood flow resistance increases, and the cerebral arterial blood flow decreases, resulting in cerebral hypoxia and metabolic function decline, and metabolites are not easy to discharge, which makes people feel swollen, headache, dizziness, weakness, and restlessness. At the same time, the physiological curvature of the cervical spine changes, so that the muscles are stretched, and the nerves and muscles are in a state of tension, and the muscle spasms occur and produce muscle spasm headaches, which makes people sleep restless. Most people often experience stiff neck, which is the result of an unsuitable pillow height.

So, what is the right height for a pillow? Studies have found that when the height of the pillow is 6 9 cm, the EEG shows a smooth rest wave, which is the most comfortable, and some people think that the height of one shoulder is more suitable.

Generally speaking, it is best to put the head in the top position of the pillow, so that it can stabilize the sleeping posture and avoid frequent changes in posture at night to cause stiff neck; The second is to allow the neck to have a certain amount of support and maintain the normal physiological curve of the body.

The normal sleeping position is to lie on your back with your head in the middle of the pillow and your neck on the edge of the pillow, which will play a supporting role for the neck and will not cause pressure on the cervical spine. If you use a non-elastic pillow core material, you can flatten the middle of the pillow and raise the neck pillow, so that the cervical spine is neither bent forward nor curved, and the appropriate post-extension position is maintained, so that the cervical spine will not be sore in the morning.

Reasonable firmness of the pillow.

Generally speaking, a harder pillow is beneficial to human health, but a hard pillow makes the head and the pillow contact surface too small, and the local pressure is too large, which makes people feel uncomfortable, and this is likely to cause excessive compression of local nerves, and produce symptoms such as numbness or pain in the head, neck, back, arms, hands, etc. the next morning; It is difficult to maintain the height of the pillow with a pillow that is too soft, because it is too soft to compress the scalp and is not conducive to blood circulation.

Therefore, the softness and hardness of the pillow should be moderate, and the height of the pillow is different for different sleeping positions.

Choose the type of filler that suits you best.

There are many types of pillow fillers on the market, and it is difficult for us to say which one is better and which one is not so good, but for those that will harm our health, we must pay attention to it and use it with caution, such as pillows with black cotton, pillows with overly hard filling. Many pillows use medicinal materials as fillings to launch health pillows, which we also need to pay attention to when choosing, what kind of herbs are filled, whether it is suitable for everyone of us, whether some people will have a bad ** or other reactions to this, these are all things that must be considered.

Correct sleeping position and pillow padding.

The correct sleeping posture is obviously a prerequisite for protecting our spine, but the correct cushion pillow is a must-have, and you can't sleep without a pillow directly.

When you usually sleep, the pillow must be able to cushion the neck, and extend from the entire head to the neck, but not the shoulders, nor only a small part of the back of the head. In this way, the pillow can fully coordinate the position of our head and body, reduce the pressure on the cervical spine, and prevent fatigue in the cervical spine.

If you sleep on your side, the height of the pillow is twice as high as if you were lying flat, due to the presence of shoulder height.

If you sleep on your stomach, the role of the pillow is not so important, because sleeping on your stomach puts a lot of pressure on the spine and can no longer be relieved by cushioning the pillow. Therefore, sleeping on the stomach is not recommended and should be avoided as much as possible.

A healthy sleeping position and pillow cushion method can allow you to have a healthy cervical spine.

Pillow maintenance.

Many people will have pillowcases and pillows when they use pillows, and when washing pillows, they will only wash the pillows that are in direct contact with our heads, thinking that the pillowcases are not dirty and rarely washed, which is actually a mistake, the pillowcases are pressed under the head when we sleep every day, and it is inevitable that there will be peculiar smells or sweat, etc., which is easy to breed bacteria, so the pillowcases are also we must wash often.

The pillow should be exposed to the sun frequently, so that the sunlight can sterilize the pillow and reduce the breeding of bacteria.

How long to change the pillow is appropriate.

Pillows need to be replaced regularly, if the quality of the pillow is good and there is no uneven distribution of filling, leakage of filling, etc., then we should also replace the pillow with a new one in about two years. If the pillow has uneven filling, we must replace the pillow in time, otherwise it will affect the health of the head.

If the pillow loses its elasticity, then it must be replaced in time, otherwise the head will be unhealthy for a long time on a hard pillow.

First, match the body type, two, whether the neck should be cushioned, three, match the strength of one, match the body type, the pillow needs to match the shape and height of the variety, everyone is tall, short, fat and thin, tall and hunchback, the side sleeping posture is different, the mattress is soft and hard, with the same pillow can not match, at least need a variety of sizes, or can be adjusted.

Second, match the strength, healthy people, as long as the pillow matches the body type, only the head cushion is OK; People with cervical spine problems, generally the cervical spine should also be cushioned, and the cervical spine needs some cushioning strength, or even all the strength is placed on the cervical spine, only the occipital cervical spine; Nowadays, cervical spine problems are becoming more and more common, and the cervical spine is more tired and accumulates more pressure in life and work, so it is necessary to release it when sleeping every day, so most people now recommend that the neck be properly cushioned, such as an ergonomic contour pillow, or an adjustable Ruyi neck protector.

Third, the matching strength, each person's muscle firmness, endurance degree, and cervical spine straightening degree are different, so it is necessary to match the appropriate strength, the pillow core must have a certain degree of softness and hardness, such as memory foam There are also several kinds of softness and hardness, which need to be tried and experienced overnight to find the most suitable one.

When we choose a good pillow, we must pay attention to its shape and material, and it must conform to our physiological structure.

First of all, when viewed from the side, our cervical spine is physiologically lordosis. In other words, the cervical spine maintains a slightly lordosis posture that allows the neck muscles to be roughly balanced and relaxed, with minimal pressure on them. A proper pillow requires the cervical spine to maintain this physiological lordosis position while sleeping.

The shape of the pillow is roughly as follows:

Secondly, the neck is wavy in shape, and the grooved part can accommodate the back of the head, which conforms to the curve of the cervical spine and can effectively support the neck. Such a pillow can make the neck muscles, ligaments, intervertebral discs, joints and other parts of the cervical spine in a state of balance and relaxation, and achieve a state of true relaxation and rest. Conversely, if you choose a pillow that is medium-high and low all around:

Another is that the neck is wavy in shape, and the grooved part can accommodate the back of the head, which conforms to the curve of the cervical spine and can effectively support the neck. Such a pillow can make the neck muscles, ligaments, intervertebral discs, joints and other parts of the cervical spine in a state of balance and relaxation, and achieve a state of true relaxation and rest. But whether you're lying on your side or back, your neck is dangling, and you'll be on tension all night.

The next morning, you may feel soreness in your neck or neck and shoulder muscles. Fatigue phenomenon.

Ordinary pillows are unscientific in terms of material, pillow shape, softness and hardness, etc., which will cause insufficient blood supply to the brain, directly affect the regulation of sleep by the central nervous system, and cause sleep disorders. In severe cases, it can lead to long-term habitual insomnia.

When it comes to good pillows, many people think of "latex" pillows, which are very hot right now. Latex is a natural material extracted from the resin sap of rubber trees. They are extremely valuable because each rubber tree can only produce 30cc of latex sap per day.

The production of a latex pillow takes at least one to one and a half days, which is very time-consuming and precious.

To sum up, you already know what kind of pillow is a good pillow.

Buckwheat husk pillows are considered good pillows, mainly because they feel very comfortable after lying on them, and they can also be used to protect the cervical spine.

Very soft pillow, the height of the pillow is not particularly high, can support our neck well, which can better protect our cervical spine and soothe our body.

A pillow that is relatively soft to lie on, even if it is a good pillow, or choose a buckwheat husk pillow is also a particularly good pillow.