Makura pillows are manufactured with the highest quality organic buckwheat hulls to leave you feeling energized and rejuvenated after a good night′s sleep. Doctors recommend these pillows to help treat cervical and lumbar conditions by aiding healing, reducing pain, and helping maintain healthy spinal alignment. The pillows are made using natural buckwheat hulls that are manufactured without any chemical additives unlike many synthetic fiber or glued foam pillows. Buckwheat pillows are good for your health in many ways. Their special shape allows them to fit to the contour of your head, providing the best support to help reduce stress on your spine and neck. Buckwheat is also thermodynamic, keeping you warm in the winter and cool in the summer so that you get a better night′s sleep.