Silk Filled Duvet

It is almost impossible to pinpoint precisely when the manufacturing of silk started, although there is proof of silk processing or ‘sericulture’ as it is known, occurring 7000 years ago. The Chinese carefully safeguarded the mysterious secrets of silk making for many thousands of years. It was a capital offence to attempt to smuggle silk or expose the secrets of its production beyond the borders of China. It was probably inevitable that the secrets and techniques of silk production would be desseminated all over the world sooner or later and finally the epicurean luxuries afforded by silk can certainly be experienced by everyone. The phenomenal natural properties of silk paired together with modern day revolutionary silk duvet manufacturing processes results in a duvet which seriously will change your quality of sleep. In the course of the development process layers of long fibre mulberry silk floss will be carefully placed one on top of the other. This delicate technique is repeated until eventually the desired weight is reached. A silk filled duvet is the ultimate in comfort. The characteristics of long-strand silk fibres ensure a silk duvet is equally as warm but very much less heavy than conventional duvets. A silk duvet gently drapes over your body rather than "imprisoning" you with the bulk of a conventional duvet. As soon as people have encountered the gentleness and sheer luxury of a silk duvet it truly is extremely difficult to contemplate sleeping with anything else.

Silk is a naturally occurring protein and as a result is far less accommodating to dust mites that can cause allergic responses like eczema, asthma or rhinitis. Up to twenty thousand dustmites have been found in a single mattress. Making the bed with silk sheets and silk filled duvets vastly reduces the number of dust mites in the bedroom, unlike down, feather and polyester duvet fillings. Dust mite excrement contains digestive enzymes that the dust mites have used to digest skin particles. These enzymes, either through inhalation or skin contact can trigger or aggravate asthma and several other related allergy symptoms. Silk posseses an amazing capacity to help the skin to reabsorb moisture through the naturally occurring amino acids in silk, although without making you feel clammy or unpleasantly wet. Absorbing moisture that your skin loses in the day will help in refreshing the skin over night. This is hugely beneficial to sufferers of dry skin and problems like post-chemotherapy sensitivity, psoriasis, shingles, eczema and even sunburn.

Silk can greatly increase the quality and comfort of sleeping. As well as preventing asthma triggered by dust mites, it is even helpful to those battling with osteo-athritic conditions. Silk duvets being soft and lightweight create much less pressure this, especially partnered along with tightly woven silk bed sheets, facilitates easier mobility and causes less friction against bed sheets. Standard duvets and quilts tend not to drape over our bodies but rather form a cumbersome barrier with pressure points that can cause pain and discomfort to vulnerable joints. Silk filled duvets provide alleviation for many skin complaints since they drape across your body removing individual points of pressure that may otherwise worsen existing skin complaints. The impressive benefits don't finish there. Silk, unlike cotton which retains moisture underneath quilts resulting in stickiness, draws excessive moisture away from the skin. This is valuable to individuals affected by excessive sweating, night sweats, the menopause and even light incontinence, ensuring a much better night’s slumber.

Silk production, the silk duvet manufacturing process and continued care is free of chemicals. The elimination of chemical use, together with silk’s natural bacteria repelling attributes and dust mite resistance makes the silk filled duvet the number one choice for thoughtful people who care about their well being and the health of the earth. Production gets under way with mulberry trees - the food source of the silk moth caterpillar. This is a trouble free crop to raise, almost never requiring the use of harmful pesticides and herbicides. Chemical usage is barely necessary, unless of course there is unnecessary use of fabric dyes, and this definitely isn't the situation with silk filled duvets. Silk manufacturing and processing has a comparatively modest impact on the environment. Silk filled duvets are naturally anti-bacterial and will not require cleaning in the same manner as regular duvets. (You certainly won't miss trying to squash those into a washing machine drum!) Silk duvets simply need ’sun curing’ or to put it another way hang the duvet out to air twice a year, a fine day in Spring or a warm Autumn afternoon. Now that's what I call eco-cleaning at its finest!

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