Throughout the ages, many people of insight, including medical experts and scholars, have already conducted in-depth research on pillows in many aspects and put the research results into practice. People have spent thousands of years looking for pillows that are suitable for human characteristics and beneficial to human health. The recorded history began in the Han Dynasty. Later, Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, Pu Qianguan, a famous health care scientist in the Song Dynasty, and so on. They all had an insightful discussion about pillows. Xu Guozhen, a medical scientist in the Yuan Dynasty, wrote and published "Tai Hospital", with unique opinions, but "mysterious and secretive". Li Shizhen, a famous medical doctor in Ming Dynasty, and Wu Shiji, a famous medical doctor in Qing Dynasty, both have special studies on pillows. Old Heng Yan, written by Cao Tingdong, another health expert in the Qing Dynasty, gives a detailed description of the making method, length, width, height, softness and hardness of pillows. According to historical records, Empress Dowager Cixi paid great attention to pillows for health preservation. There are countless such things, which shows the importance of pillows.
The pillow track sleep balance health care center brings together many well-known Chinese medicine health care and chiropractic experts, and puts forward more detailed opinions on modern sleep and pillows by combining China's traditional sleep health care concept with Chinese medicine chiropractic, modern ergonomics, sports mechanics and anatomy:
Modern sleep health and pillows
Modern medical research has proved that sleep can not only restore physical and mental strength, eliminate fatigue and complete self-repair, but more importantly, it can maintain the immune ability of the human body and make the human body resist the intrusion of diseases. American scientists have found that lack of sleep will affect human immunity and make people more likely to get sick. The results show that if a person reduces his sleep for four hours, the activity of immune cells in his body against foreign bacteria will be greatly weakened the next day. Therefore, people who suffer from insomnia or often stay up all night should pay attention to ensuring a good night's sleep.
Zhang Xiaoxian, a best-selling young writer in Hong Kong, said in his prose: Sleep is similar to love, and it is a warm and loose behavior. Sleep can replenish physical strength, and good love can also replenish physical strength and make people full of energy. Taking a nap is the happiest habit, like first love, like passionate love: sleeping at night, like a stable relationship, soothes the soul; Insomnia and lovelorn are the same. I feel very sad every night. It was a long night. When can we wait until dawn?
Under certain conditions, sleep is more important to life and health than diet. Because when people sleep, the blood flow in the brain and liver is seven times that when they stand. Sleep can slow down all systems in the body, such as slow heartbeat, low blood pressure and low body temperature, which greatly reduces the release of energy, thus achieving the effect of saving energy. At the same time, sleep can promote the release of growth hormone and the activation of various active enzymes. When sleeping at night, the secretion of growth hormone is 5-7 times higher than during the day. It is beneficial to the growth and development of children and adolescents, and can also activate various active enzymes in middle-aged and elderly people, thus accelerating metabolism and delaying brain decline.
Scientific research has proved that good sleep can eliminate general fatigue, rest brain nerves, endocrine, substance metabolism, cardiovascular activity, digestive function and respiratory function, promote the growth and self-repair of various tissues of the body, enhance immune function and improve resistance to diseases, so there is a proverb that "sleep is a natural tonic".
1. The structure of the pillow must conform to the physiological curve of the neck and head when the human body lies on its side and supine, and maintain a certain hardness and elasticity to support the neck. However, many high-grade or high-tech concept pillow products on the market, such as down, slow-rebound sponge, latex, etc., are high on both sides and low in the middle, but due to the soft material, they cannot provide enough neck support in practical use. At present, the original ecological neck-protecting sleeping pillow, which is very popular in Japan, combines ergonomics and bionics, is hand-sewn with pure cotton cloth, and specially designs an independent neck support structure and a head socket structure. The special filling material can effectively maintain the support for the neck and will not be deformed after long-term use!
2, pillow filling materials must be hygienic, breathable, moderate hardness and elasticity, long-term use without deformation. Traditional cotton and down fillers are generally too soft, which is easy to be moldy and insect-prone; Herbal pillow cores, such as buckwheat husk, are too fluid and easy to mold and worm, which is why the number of fungal spores in pillows used for two years can reach more than 654.38+00,000; However, the popular slow-rebound memory sponge, latex and other materials can not be washed or dried, which creates an environment for the growth of bacteria. The original ecological neck-protecting sleeping pillow, which is popular in Japan, adopts a composite polymer elastic hollow tube from Japanese technology and is made of anti-mite and anti-bacterial materials. Not only is it moderately elastic and breathable, but it can also be directly washed and dried to keep it clean for a long time.
3. The height of the pillow must be freely adjusted according to the height and neck length of the user. The original ecological neck-protecting sleeping pillow is popular in Japan because it is not only equipped with an independent height adjustment pad, but also can adjust the height of the pillow by increasing or decreasing the filler, so that one pillow is in place for one person!
Therefore, although pillows have little effect, there is a lot of knowledge in choosing pillows. When you want to choose a healthy pillow for yourself and your family, don't blindly believe in the so-called high-tech, conceptual products, perhaps handmade and original ecology are the best, after all, the efficacy is the most important!