What are Bolster Pillows and Who Can Benefit From Using Them?
Bolster pillows, also known as neck rolls, are designed to support and cushion the neck and base of the head as a person lies down for a rest. They are cylindrical in form, and are filled with many different available materials such as wool, cotton, polyester blends, foams, memory foams, and buckwheat and millet hulls. This type of cushion has been used for hundreds of years as the main type of support for sleep in the Far East and in Asia. They are commonly used in the United States and Europe as accent pillows while the traditional, larger, rectangle shaped ones are still considered regular. Bolster pillows have an interesting history. In Asian countries, it used to be tradition that a cushion was made out of bamboo and given to a traveling man so that he would not be lonely while he was away from his home it was to hold on to during the night. Europeans have a similar tradition, and the pillows have been in the past referred to as the bamboo wife or the Dutch wife. This tradition ha
