Where Did These Buckwheat Pillows Come From?
Would you believe, buckwheat pillows have been used between two and three thousand years, in the Orient? They've been a long time coming, but they're finally making an impact on our western culture.
Anyone who's had the opportunity to sleep on a quality buckwheat pillow usually doesn't want to have to go back to a conventional feather or foam pillow.
There's no comparison.
Many take theirs with them if they travel, for the same reason.
These pillows have a lot of advantages over the conventional pillows in addition to just the basic comfort aspect.
The buckwheat hulls have a three sided shape, which gives them the ability to allow air to circulate in and around themselves, thus diminishing the hot sweaty feeling you get on the back of your head and neck, especially on a warm, humid night.
Plus they don't have the insulative heat reflecting characteristic of the conventional pillow fillings.
They have another big advantage over other pillows of which many of their users may not even be aware.
They do not support dust mite infestations.
All conventional pillows, world wide, are subject to dust mite infestations.
Dust mites are microscopic members of the arachnid (spider) family.
Under a microscope, they are the most disgusting things you've ever seen.
They don't bite people, but live on dead skin and dander cells.
Their dead bodies and feces actually add considerable weight to any pillow that has been in use for any length of time.
While they don't bite, their remains and feces do give off allergens which can contribute to asthma and allergies.
Buckwheat pillows are the only ones that do not support these dust mite infestations, other than pillows which have either been chemically treated or else plasticized.
These treatments are more harmful to humans than the dust mites they are preventing.
Another very important feature, is the adjustability of the volume of hulls in the pillow to your very own comfort level.
Their comfort comes from the ability of the pillow to conform to the exact curvature of your head and neck, and the even support it provides on all parts of the head and neck.
This is made possible by the minute ridges on each hull, which causes them to grip each other, thus providing the unique support, which in turn provides their mode of comfort, as opposed to the simple softness of conventional pillows.
I call this feature malleability.
That is where the adjustability factor fits in.
Each pillow has in one end a concealed nylon zipper which allows each person to add or remove hulls from their pillow.
The volume of the hulls determines the amount of support the hulls provide, and so you can actually adjust the pillow to your own unique comfort level, just by adding or removing hulls from your pillow.
No conventional pillow can match this feature.
This same malleability feature is what endears these pillows to the chiropractic community, because it allows the pillow to conform to the exact cervical curvature of your neck.
This is the reason so many people report relief from so many ailments such as neck pain, migraine headaches, snoring, and insomnia, among others.
They also have an economic advantage over conventional pillows in that, due to the dust mite infestation problem with conventional pillows, many doctors recommend that they be periodically replaced, some say as often as every six months, whereas, a quality buckwheat pillow will often last fifteen to twenty years.
Just imagine how much money that will save you over the years.
It would be kind of neat to be able to go back in time and tell those oriental people how the pillows they had been using back then have been improved, and how people now, after several thousand years, are discovering the magic of their pillows.
Anyone who's had the opportunity to sleep on a quality buckwheat pillow usually doesn't want to have to go back to a conventional feather or foam pillow.
There's no comparison.
Many take theirs with them if they travel, for the same reason.
These pillows have a lot of advantages over the conventional pillows in addition to just the basic comfort aspect.
The buckwheat hulls have a three sided shape, which gives them the ability to allow air to circulate in and around themselves, thus diminishing the hot sweaty feeling you get on the back of your head and neck, especially on a warm, humid night.
Plus they don't have the insulative heat reflecting characteristic of the conventional pillow fillings.
They have another big advantage over other pillows of which many of their users may not even be aware.
They do not support dust mite infestations.
All conventional pillows, world wide, are subject to dust mite infestations.
Dust mites are microscopic members of the arachnid (spider) family.
Under a microscope, they are the most disgusting things you've ever seen.
They don't bite people, but live on dead skin and dander cells.
Their dead bodies and feces actually add considerable weight to any pillow that has been in use for any length of time.
While they don't bite, their remains and feces do give off allergens which can contribute to asthma and allergies.
Buckwheat pillows are the only ones that do not support these dust mite infestations, other than pillows which have either been chemically treated or else plasticized.
These treatments are more harmful to humans than the dust mites they are preventing.
Another very important feature, is the adjustability of the volume of hulls in the pillow to your very own comfort level.
Their comfort comes from the ability of the pillow to conform to the exact curvature of your head and neck, and the even support it provides on all parts of the head and neck.
This is made possible by the minute ridges on each hull, which causes them to grip each other, thus providing the unique support, which in turn provides their mode of comfort, as opposed to the simple softness of conventional pillows.
I call this feature malleability.
That is where the adjustability factor fits in.
Each pillow has in one end a concealed nylon zipper which allows each person to add or remove hulls from their pillow.
The volume of the hulls determines the amount of support the hulls provide, and so you can actually adjust the pillow to your own unique comfort level, just by adding or removing hulls from your pillow.
No conventional pillow can match this feature.
This same malleability feature is what endears these pillows to the chiropractic community, because it allows the pillow to conform to the exact cervical curvature of your neck.
This is the reason so many people report relief from so many ailments such as neck pain, migraine headaches, snoring, and insomnia, among others.
They also have an economic advantage over conventional pillows in that, due to the dust mite infestation problem with conventional pillows, many doctors recommend that they be periodically replaced, some say as often as every six months, whereas, a quality buckwheat pillow will often last fifteen to twenty years.
Just imagine how much money that will save you over the years.
It would be kind of neat to be able to go back in time and tell those oriental people how the pillows they had been using back then have been improved, and how people now, after several thousand years, are discovering the magic of their pillows.
