First, the advantages and disadvantages of buckwheat pillow
Advantages:
1, high comfort. The pillow made of buckwheat is not particularly soft or hard, and it has good support. Moreover, because there are gaps between buckwheat, the pillow has good air permeability and strong plasticity, and can be used all year round, especially for the elderly.
2. Safety and environmental protection. The material is environmentally friendly, and the buckwheat skin pillow takes buckwheat as the pillow core, and the material is natural and environmentally friendly. And has medicinal value, can clear the brain and improve eyesight, and improve the symptoms of insomnia and dreaminess. In addition, the unique fragrance of buckwheat can also promote sleep.
3. It can accelerate the blood circulation on the top of the head, reasonably improve the blood supply on the head, and be used for oxygen production. Long-term use of buckwheat skin pillow can promote and improve blood circulation, dredge blood vessels, regulate heart rate and blood sugar, prevent cardiovascular diseases, help sleep, clear heat and promote diuresis and prevent influenza.
Disadvantages:
1. Buckwheat pillow is not soft enough, and there is noise in the pillow core when the head and neck move. When the production and processing are not good, the remaining buckwheat powder will grow mildew and insects because of moisture regain.
2. The experiment found that buckwheat pillow was the dirtiest. The Institute of Sports Science of Beijing Agricultural University has done a group of experiments before, and carried out 24-hour bacterial culture on four kinds of pillow cores commonly used in families: buckwheat husk, fluff cotton, down jacket and tea stalk. The results showed that buckwheat husk material had the largest number of colonies in the pillow core, which proved to be the dirtiest. The cleanest pillow core is made of down jacket.
Second, how to clean the buckwheat pillow?
1. Pour the buckwheat skin out of the pillow core, sift out the bread crumbs, divide them and dry them in the sun.
2. Pack buckwheat hulls in a packing bag made of emery cloth or window screen (the size depends on the quantity of buckwheat hulls) and put them into an automatic washing machine for cleaning and dehydration, or wash them by hand. You don't have to put too much buckwheat husk into the bag every time, just wash it several times.
3. Spread out the washed buckwheat husk and dry it in the sun. Finally, put the dried buckwheat skin into the pillow core.
After the above introduction, do you all know the advantages and disadvantages of buckwheat pillow? Everyone should clean buckwheat pillows regularly in daily life to reduce the growth of bacteria.