Is there any activity as useful and enjoyable as sleeping? People spend a third of their lives sleeping. Sleep helps restore strength and performance for an active life during the day, promotes the restoration of nerve cells, and during sleep tissue regeneration and recovery occur faster. Sleep prevents many diseases by helping to strengthen the immune system. How to make your sleep the most beneficial and restorative process for the body? Pay attention to your sleeping area, in particular, to a comfortable and useful pillow!
A worthy place among the wide selection of these bedding items is occupied by a pillow filled with buckwheat husks. Unusual filler, right? Buckwheat husk is the husk of buckwheat seeds that has undergone multi-stage purification using modern equipment at an agricultural enterprise. Buckwheat husks must be thoroughly cleaned of dust, foreign impurities, prodel (crushed pieces of seed) in which pests can grow, and treated with steam.
Let's take a closer look at the positive and negative aspects of a buckwheat pillow.
Advantages
- Buckwheat husk boxes are elastic, and due to their shape they provide the pillow with good breathability. Air circulates inside the pillow and allows moisture to evaporate, making it fresh and comfortable to sleep on in hot weather.At the same time, the thermal conductivity properties of buckwheat husks allow you to retain heat during the cold period.
- Thanks to the mobility of the filler, the product easily takes the shape of the body, provides good support for the head, and soft acupressure, which is perfect for people suffering from osteochondrosis and other diseases of the spine.
- The orthopedic shape of the product allows the cervical spine to be in the correct position and relieve a person from snoring.
- Buckwheat husk is a natural, environmentally friendly material, especially in comparison with down and bird feathers or synthetic fillers, and therefore is suitable for people with allergies.
- The buckwheat husk pillow does not lose its shape, the filling does not wrinkle or clump. Just shake the product and it will return to its original appearance.
- The product is characterized by ease of care; it is enough to dry the filler regularly.
- The light aroma of buckwheat promotes relaxation, hence deeper sleep. The smell of the filler disappears over time. A pillow that has an unpleasant musty smell is a low-quality product, the manufacturer of which did not dry the buckwheat husk well enough and mold appeared on it.
- Many models of pillows have a cover with a zipper to be able to regulate the amount of filler, and therefore its hardness. This also allows you to wash the cover.
- Over time, the buckwheat husk inside the product is polished, rolled like sea pebbles, and becomes smooth. At the same time, polished husks, as a filler, work even better than new ones. Please note that after a year or two of using the pillow, it may be necessary to add some filler.
Flaws
Strictly speaking, the disadvantages for some people are advantages for others, but we will still present them here:
- At the beginning of use, a product filled with buckwheat husks seems quite hard. This usually goes away over time. In addition, you should not save money and buy a buckwheat husk pillow from an unverified manufacturer. If the filler is not properly cleaned of dust or damaged, the pillow will be heavy and hard. High-quality husks should be light, plastic, and free-flowing.
- The rustling of buckwheat husk filling irritates many people, especially if teak or synthetic fabric is used as the cover material. At the same time, many people are soothed by the rustling of the filler, like natural “white noise” - the murmur of water in a stream or the rustling of leaves, having a beneficial effect on the central nervous system.
Who will suit it best?
According to the recommendations of orthopedists, sleeping on pillows made of buckwheat husk is simply necessary for people leading a sedentary and sedentary lifestyle (drivers, office workers), athletes, manual workers, people who often suffer from headaches and migraines, as well as anyone who cares about their health. There are also products filled with buckwheat husk in the form of a roller, which are convenient to take with you on the road.
Children's pillows made of buckwheat husks
A buckwheat husk pillow is recommended for children from 1 to 10 years old. For small children, you should choose a pillow with a minimal amount of filling.As the child grows, buckwheat hulls can be gradually added; usually there is a zipper on the cover for this. The beneficial properties of buckwheat husk pillows for children are the same as for adults. There are several other advantages specifically for kids:
- prevention of deformation of the skull bones, because in children they are still soft and the shape of the head is not fully formed
- prevention of torticollis
- reduction of increased muscle tone in the cervical spine
- fixed head position for restful sleep.
Before purchasing, you should definitely consult with children's doctors (neurologist, pediatrician), as there are several arguments against the use of such products in young children:
- many experts believe that under the age of 1 year, children do not need a pillow at all for proper head position while sleeping
- at an early age, a fixed head position can be dangerous for breathing with possible regurgitation
- improper load on the weak cervical spine.
With your own hands
You can make such a pillow at home, only if you purchased buckwheat husks from a factory, because it is very difficult to rinse the husks well, clean them from impurities, dust and work on your own. If you managed to purchase high-quality filling, it is enough to sew a cover with a zipper made of thick cotton. For additional aroma, dry herbs are added to the filler: lavender, fragrant wormwood.
How to choose
What should you pay attention to when choosing? Here are some highlights:
- the filler should pour out with a dry rustling sound
- preference should be given to a cover made of natural fabrics, preferably cotton without impurities
- It is advisable to choose a white cover, this makes it easier to check for yellowish spots. Their absence indicates that the buckwheat husks were well washed, steamed and dried
- the product should have a light buckwheat aroma. A pillow that has a musty, unpleasant odor is stuffed with poorly dried, moldy filling.
- sometimes the manufacturer provides a small amount of buckwheat husk additionally to adjust the optimal height of the product
- The preferred shape of the product is rectangular.
We hope our recommendations will help you choose the right quality buckwheat husk pillow and make your sleep restful and deep!
