What effect does orange peel have as a pillow?
Help lower blood pressure
After orange peel is shredded and dried, it can be filled in a pillow as a pillow core, which can help patients with decreased blood pressure. Patients with hypertension may wish to try to make an orange peel pillow in this way to help lower blood pressure.
Helps prevent cerebral infarction.
Cerebral vessels in the elderly are prone to aging and stiffness. Orange peel pillow helps to promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, prevent vascular stiffness and prevent cerebral infarction.
Calm nerves and promote sleep.
Pillows made of dried orange peel can help relieve stress, calm nerves, help sleep better and improve sleep quality.
Mosquito repellent stabilizes sleep.
Pillows made of orange peel in summer can also help repel mosquitoes and prevent mosquito bites from affecting sleep quality. In particular, people who are more likely to provoke mosquitoes themselves may wish to sleep with an orange peel pillow.
Clearing away heat and fire
Pillows filled with dried tangerine peel can clear away heat and diminish inflammation, and have a good relief effect on people with excessive heat accumulation in the body. Long-term use can reduce the occurrence of various symptoms of excessive internal heat.
Reduce cancer risk
Orange peel has certain anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects. People often use pillows made of it, which can also reduce the damage of some viruses to human cells and significantly reduce the incidence of cancer.
Matters needing attention in making pillows with orange peel
When you use orange peel as a pillow, be sure to chop it up, or you will scratch your head and affect your normal sleep. And in order to protect your spine, the height of the pillow should be controlled at around 10~20, neither too high nor too low. Finally, it should be noted that orange peel contains certain nutrients and should be kept dry to avoid bacterial growth.