Add some ingredients to your pillow: 11 kinds of Chinese herbal pillows to treat diseases and soothe the nerves

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the human head and neck are densely networked with meridians and numerous acupoints. Lying on a medicated pillow for a long time can utilize the temperature of the head during sleep to cause the effective ingredients of the medicine to be released, slowly and persistently stimulating the meridian points, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and curing diseases.

However, there are many kinds of medicated pillows. If used incorrectly, they will not only be ineffective, but will aggravate the condition. So, how to choose it scientifically and reasonably? Before choosing a medicated pillow, first understand the effects and functions of various medicated pillows.

Wild Chrysanthemum Pillow

Wild chrysanthemum tastes bitter and slightly cold, and is also called "bitter chrysanthemum". "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Wild chrysanthemum can clear away heat and detoxify, purge fire and improve eyesight, relieve sore throat, and soothe the liver. It can relieve the heat and toxins of the sky, wash sores and scabies, and can also remove wind and kill insects."

For home use, you can put 2 kg of dried chrysanthemum into a cloth bag and make a pillow. This medicinal pillow is suitable for the prevention and treatment of headaches, dizziness, boils, red and swollen eyes, high blood pressure and other diseases.

Mung bean pillow

After the mung beans are cooked, take out the mung bean skins and dry them, then mix them with whole or broken mung beans and put them into the pillow.

This kind of medicinal pillow has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, quenching thirst and preventing heatstroke, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It is often used to prevent and treat headaches, brain fever, red and swollen eyes, sore throat, sores and boils. In addition, if mung beans are used together with chrysanthemum, cassia seed, etc. to make medicinal pillows, they have the effects of clearing the heart, relieving fever and improving eyesight.

Tea Pillow

Dry an appropriate amount of the brewed tea leaves, add a small amount of jasmine flowers, mix well and put them into a bag. This medicinal pillow has the effects of reducing fire, lowering blood pressure, clearing away heat, detoxifying, improving eyesight, promoting diuresis and relieving heat.

Cassia seed pillow

Cassia seed has the effects of improving eyesight and calming the mind, clearing away heat and refreshing the brain, clearing the liver and benefiting the kidneys, lowering blood pressure and facilitating bowel movements, and reducing fat and losing weight. The round particles massage the acupuncture points on the head and neck, promote blood circulation in the head, enhance memory, and are also suitable for people with bad cervical vertebrae.

For home use, you can put 3 kg of Cassia tora into a cloth bag to make a pillow. It is suitable for patients with cervical spondylosis and headaches, dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, insomnia, palpitations, irritability, consciously rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, etc.

Five-leaf pillow

Mix the dried mulberry leaves, bamboo leaves, willow leaves, lotus leaves and persimmon leaves and put them into the bag. This medicinal pillow can prevent and treat headaches, dizziness, blurred vision, sore throat and high blood pressure.

Wild Plant Pillow

It is refined using a variety of wild plant Chinese medicinal materials such as Prunella Vulgaris, Radix Penicillae, and Buddleja buddleja. Prunella vulgaris can disperse nodules and reduce swelling, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, clear the heart and calm the nerves, relieve pain and expel evil spirits. Buddleja sinensis can clear away heat and nourish the liver, improve eyesight and remove cataracts. It is suitable for symptoms such as cervical pain, nourishing the liver and protecting the kidneys, headache and dizziness, confusion, red and swollen eyes, excessive tearing and photophobia.

The pillow is highly breathable and targeted, and can protect and strengthen the body with long-term use. The double-sided pillow is filled with buckwheat husks (cool) or vacuum cotton (warm) and other materials.

Buckwheat pillow

Buckwheat pillow has moderate hardness and good plasticity, which can relax the neck and restore the physiological curvature. Buckwheat husks are light green, thin flakes shaped like leaves. Buckwheat husks are soft, comfortable, cool and refreshing, and have a certain massage effect on the head and face. They are a classic tradition and suitable for all ages. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that buckwheat husks are sweet and cold, and can be used as pillows to improve eyesight, calm the mind, and improve sleep.

Xiaomi pillow

This medicinal pillow has the effects of preventing diseases, keeping fit and promoting growth, and is especially suitable for young women and children.

Silkworm sand pillow

Silkworm sand, also known as late silkworm sand, is slightly cool in nature. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that silkworm sand has the effects of dispelling wind and reducing dampness, improving eyesight and lowering blood pressure. It is effective for eye diseases, palpitations, insomnia, neurasthenia, headaches, high blood pressure, liver fire, arthritis and other symptoms.

For home use, you can dry about 150 grams of late silkworm feces, make it into coarse powder, and put it in the center of the pillow. Suitable for patients with cervical spondylosis, headache, irritability, etc.

Blood circulation pillow

Dry 500 grams of angelica, 500 grams of Chuanxiong, 500 grams of safflower, 250 grams of Panax notoginseng, 500 grams of cinnamon and other medicines, put them into a cloth bag to make a pillow. Suitable for patients with cervical spondylosis, headache, memory loss, hearing loss and vision loss.

Wuyu Pillow

Put about 2 kg of Evodia rutaecarpa leaves into a cloth bag to make a pillow. Suitable for patients with cervical spondylosis, headache, etc.

Reminder: Medicinal pillows with cooling properties, such as mung bean pillows, should be used in summer and during "autumn dryness". Patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire can use them appropriately.

Secondly, people with normal or low blood pressure are not suitable to use medicated pillows that lower blood pressure, such as Cassia pillows, magnet pillows, etc. Women who are menstruating or pregnant should not use medicated pillows, especially blood-activating pillows, so as to avoid troubles caused by the pillows.