What is the principle of Chinese medicine health pillow?

It is said that people spend most of their lives sleeping, which makes a lot of sense, because sleeping at night can not only restore physical strength, but also effectively repair your body. It is because humans need to sleep frequently, and besides bedding, the most important thing is how to choose a pillow. Buckwheat husk pillows are particularly popular among the people, so what is the principle of Chinese medicine health pillows?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the head is the meeting point of all yang and the home of intelligence. Qi and blood all gather in the head, and the head is closely connected with the meridians and acupoints throughout the body. Using a medicated pillow can allow the medicine to act directly on the head, thereby curing diseases, eliminating evil, balancing qi and blood, and regulating yin and yang. Pharmacological studies have shown that the volatile components of certain aromatic drugs have the effects of removing expectorant and calming the nerves, invigorating the brain, and dilating peripheral blood vessels. The medicated pillow gives full play to the comprehensive advantages of drug treatment, meridian regulation and bio-holographic therapy, thereby stimulating meridian qi, unblocking qi and blood, opening the orifices and awakening the eyes, so as to achieve overall treatment such as adjusting the internal organs and coordinating qi and blood.

1. Meridian regulation

Meridians have the function of connecting internal organs and limbs. Although the human body's internal organs, limbs, five senses, skin, flesh, tendons, bones and other tissues and organs have different physiological functions, they carry out organic overall activities together, keeping the body's inside and outside, up and down, coordinated and unified, forming an organic whole. This mutual connection and organic coordination is mainly achieved through the communication function of the meridian system. Meridians have the function of circulating qi and blood, nourishing the whole body, resisting external pathogens, and protecting the body. The head and neck area is a relatively independent holographic embryo of the human body. Most of the meridians run and pass through here, and many acupoints (i.e., acupuncture points) are also distributed here. Medicinal pillow therapy utilizes a variety of stimuli such as machinery and drugs to stimulate the qi of the meridians and eye points in the head and neck, promote sensory transmission, dredge the meridians, and allow qi and blood to flow smoothly, thereby achieving the purpose of health care and disease prevention.

2. Vascular neuroregulation

The head and neck are rich in blood vessels and nerves. The main blood vessels are the external carotid artery, internal carotid artery, vertebral artery and corresponding veins and their branches. The nerves include the greater occipital nerve, lesser occipital nerve, greater auricular nerve, cervical cutaneous nerve, supraclavicular nerve, facial nerve, oculomotor nerve, cervical vagus nerve, cervical branch of facial nerve, sympathetic nerve head and neck, and parasympathetic nerve of the glossopharyngeal nerve. The medicated pillow acts directly on the skin receptors and nerve trunks in the neck, making them active, excited or inhibited, thereby regulating blood vessels and nerves, improving local microcirculation, accelerating blood flow, relaxing muscles, regulating nerves, and thus keeping the body's internal environment relatively stable.

3. Drug effects

Many medicines in Chinese medicine pillows contain a large amount of volatile substances, which can directly act on the local skin and mucous membranes, playing the role of anti-inflammatory and bactericidal, sedative and analgesic, vasodilation, brain-boosting and intelligence-enhancing effects. When the user is in the local environment of the medicinal effect, it can adjust the human physical and mental state, improve the body's immunity, and regulate the endocrine system, thereby playing a comprehensive role in regulating the body and achieving the purpose of health care.