Dr. Cai’s Miracle Pillow

Many people keep changing several pillows over night and still have neck pain, headache, mid back and even low back pain and feel tired in the morning. I have had the same experience as many people.  I have seven pillows by my bed. They are small, big, narrow, wide and high, some “orthopedic,” and some of them are very expensive. I had been changing every one every night, but still had neck stiffness, pain and headache every morning. I kept doing medical exercise and acupressure point massage every mooring and plus I have been teaching these. They help me keep in good shape. But I still suffered neck pain in the morning after getting up. I became aware it was caused by an improper pillow. This problem has been encouraging me to figure out a correct pillow for a couple of years. I kept thinking and thinking about it. One day, suddenly, I remembered there was nobody having neck problems when I was a child in China. We were very poor. We were using pillows filled with rice bran or rice skin and they were not so high. They were so comfortable! Finally I realized that correct pillow height and filling are key to preventing these health problems.

 I also did research that showed pillow height should be the height that maintains the natural curvature of your cervical spine. Everyone is an individual with different body size, shape, thickness, etc. A “one size fits all” is not an effective solution.

  The new problem is that I couldn’t find any Rice skin here. I kept thinking what can be used to make the pillow? Suddenly I got an epiphany that is Jasmine tea which we have been using at Mountain Palace. People love drinking it. It is even much better than Rice skin. Jasmine tea is hard enough to support the head and neck and loose enough to exactly conform to cervical curvature.

First I made one for myself to test. I didn’t fully fill it with tea, the purpose being to have room to do adjustment to match individual natural curve. I felt so comfortable and so relaxed when I laid on it. I had a very good sleep without changing any pillow on the first night and felt  so refreshed without any neck pain or headache the next morning. I feel I have more energy at daytime and am more productive to get things done. Wow!  I was very surprised! It’s like a miracle! So I named it “Miracle Pillow.”

Then I made one for my daughter. She is studying medicine at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has been suffering her neck pain from a huge amount of reading. She told me how wonderful the miracle pillow is! I made one for Clay and Joel. Every one told me how they are enjoying the Miracle Pillow. I am so glad that the Miracle Pillow is working so well! I am sure it will benefit every one such as older generation, sedentary office workers, students, etc. I am just wondering what kind of pillow that our young kids are using? I am sure it will help kids develop normally and avoid  these heath issues when they grow up if they start using the Miracle Pillow since they are little. I am sure it will help students especially to overcome the challenge of long studying. I am sure it will help everyone sleep well and increase your life quality and to live in happy healthy!