Re:Chinese Pillow History
by mikekchar on Thursday September 12, 2019 @09:31AM
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I don't know... I'm willing to try it. I was surprised when I first tried a bean pillow in Japan. The next surprise was a pillow that is soft on one side and rocks on the other. I was really surprised that I liked the rocks the best. Eventually I ended up with a buckwheat pillow, but unbelievably I occasionally like to swap it for a bag full of rocks (especially in the summer). If you don't try it, you don't know!
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Yes, count me in as a buckwheat pillow adherent. Best thing I ever did to improve sleep. Prevents a hot and sweaty head. Plies into desired thickness or contour well. Apparently, they're also less likely to foster mites or other pillow dwellers. No concern about foam off-gassing.
I have one cased with cotton on one side and wool on the other. The wool side is less crunchy but warmer so I prefer the thin cotton-on-buckweat feel by far.
A king-sized buckwheat pillow is luxurious but weighs a ton. For travel or camping I take a very small version, also useful as a meditation zafu.
Plastic versions of buckwheat filling I've slept on in Japan probably make extra sense in a commercial setting because I assume the whole thing is easily washed and dried. Slightly soft tiny hollow tube cuttings is the best description I can give.
Your rock pillow is interesting. Polished little stones in a thin sack?
Yep. River stones -- just want them to be relatively small and not to have to many jagged edges.
I've never slept on a bag full of rocks, but have fallen asleep on a rock beach before, because it was incredibly comfortable. Figured it was just position i got into, but I guess there's something to it.
Re:Chinese Pillow History
by ConfusedDog on Thursday September 12, 2019 @10:45AM
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I have not tried rocks, but I like buckwheat pillows way more than any feather or memory foam pillows.