How to make a homemade Chinese medicine insomnia pillow?

Using traditional Chinese medicine to make pillows can actually be helpful for people with insomnia. For example, chrysanthemum pillows, alum pillows, five-leaf pillows, etc. These are relatively common pillows made with traditional Chinese medicine, and they also have a certain effect in treating insomnia. If the patient has severe insomnia, it is recommended to seek medical attention in time to avoid the disease appearing in the body but being ignored.

How to make your own Chinese medicine pillow

1. Chrysanthemum pillow: Put dried chrysanthemums into a cloth bag and use it as a pillow. It is suitable for treating headaches, dizziness, boils, swelling, red eyes due to wind and fire, blurred vision or high blood pressure. It has preventive and therapeutic effects.

2. Five-leaf pillow: Mix five kinds of leaves, including mulberry leaves, bamboo leaves, willow leaves, lotus leaves and persimmon leaves, and put them in bags. Because of its bitter and cold nature, it can treat symptoms such as dizziness caused by summer heat, red and blurred eyes, sore ears and throat, and high blood pressure.

3. Alum pillow: Alum is also called alum. It is cold in nature and tastes sour and astringent, so it has the effect of detoxification and drying dampness. The crushed powder can be packed in bags and used as pillows, which have the effects of clearing away heat and relieving fire, lowering blood pressure and refreshing the mind, as well as clearing phlegm and removing dampness and toxins.

4. Cassia pillow: Patients with hypertension can use 1000 grams each of stone Cassia and grass Cassia, process them into coarse powder and put them into the pillow core. The combination of the two can clear away heat and effectively prevent high blood pressure.

5. Silkworm sand pillow: Grind 500 grams of silkworm sand and 300 grams of Notopterygium root into powder and put them into the pillow core. Persistent use can dispel cold, dredge meridians and relieve pain. It is especially suitable for white-collar workers with cervical spondylosis.

6. Wild plant pillow: Made from a variety of wild plant Chinese medicinal materials such as Prunella Vulgaris, Herba Lycopodii, 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.

7. Buckwheat pillow: Buckwheat pillow has moderate hardness and good plasticity, which can relax the neck and restore the physiological curvature. 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.

8. Millet pillow: This medicinal pillow has the effects of preventing diseases, keeping fit, and promoting development. It is especially suitable for young women and children.

9. 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.

10. Blood-activating 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.