Pillow is a kind of sleep tool, as usual thought, pillow is people for sleep quiet and accepted filler, and from modern medical research is familiar with the spine of the human body, from the front is a straight line, but from the side is a curve with four psychological curvature, in order to cherish the normal psychological curvature of the neck, maintain the normal psychological flow when people sleep, People must embrace pillows when they sleep. A pillow usually consists of a core and a pillowcase.
The pillow is our most intimate sleeping companion, but this intimate companion, if not used properly, can affect our health. To get a good night’s sleep, experts say it’s best to check that your pillow fits properly. Some people wash their pillowcases regularly, but never their pillows. Since many people think pillowcases are enough to love their pillows, simply washing them on time can keep them clean and hygienic. Otherwise, when sleeping, we inadvertently outflow of saliva, excretion of sweat and other urban penetration into the pillow, breeding bacteria, causing allergies and diseases, so that we have to wash the pillow every 3 ~ 6 months.
The correct way to wash pillows (hand wash) :
1, the use of gentle laundry detergent washing.
2, put the pillow into the detergent solution, do not stop squeezing the pillow, until clean, excess washing liquid must be squeezed.
3, over water, until the pillow rinse clean, finally squeeze the excess water dry.
4. Lay the pillow flat to dry, which will make it softer and more fluffy.
What to pay attention to for machine washed pillows:
1. Use docile detergent to wash.
2, use a large washing machine, can wash two pillows at the same time. If you can only fit one, it’s best to wash with a towel to balance the water flow.
3. If dried, the pillow will recover its elasticity more easily and be doubly soft and fluffy.
Air pillows regularly to kill bacteria
Pillow as people can not lack of family daily necessities, and bedding and other forms a large number of family bedding series. The same bedding, people usually only pay attention to clean cool drying quilt, pillow towel, pillowcase, but rarely put the pillow “please” outside to breathe, air. As everyone knows, every night when sleeping, the pillow is the “throat” through the dirty smell of bedding, coupled with people sleeping, exhaled unclean gas into a large number of infiltration, as well as scalp excretion sweat stains, dirt, make the pillow become “dirty and bad” “dirt” place. Just by washing the exterior of the pillow towel and pillowcase, just “not cure the symptoms,” the dirty atmosphere inside the pillow can’t get rid of, so the pillow has become one of the most dirty places in the modern home. In particular, if there is a respiratory tract, digestive tract or head skin epidemic, bacteria and viruses will be infected in the occipital core, may lead to the couple or children of the intertwined infection. In order to your pillow to often air disinfection, to maintain health, conditional family, in addition to more dry pillows, should also often replace the pillow core, according to the advice of medical experts at least every two years to change the pillow core, it is best to sun once a week.
Difference Pillows for cleansing and recuperation
Emulsion pillow conditioning: soak with cold detergent, gently press with hand and then rinse with water frequently. After that, wrap with a dry cloth, absorb the moisture of a large section, and put it in a cool place to dry. Do not expose it in the sun, so as to avoid deterioration and oxidation of the material.
Down pillow care: down is easy to knot in water, so it can not be washed. When recuperating, you can pat the pillow with your hand to keep it fluffy, and take it to a drafty place to blow and remove sweat smell and water vapor. If the pillow is really too dirty, send it to the dry cleaner for washing.
