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The Raunächte are in the period between Christmas and Epiphany. Time for smoking or fumigating the house and stable. In the Fichtelgebirge, herbal guide Erika Nagel maintains the custom of fumigating: nature's herbs have always helped people to protect themselves from illness and all evil. She has various mixtures for fumigating the home or the cowshed: sage removes food smells from the house and is good for the respiratory tract. Frankincense and myrrh are always used together. Frankincense is the male form of resin, myrrh the female form. For the children's room she uses spruce resin - good for concentration. For the study she uses mugwort, sage, St. John's wort and mullein. The four plants are said to neutralize electromagnetic radiation. She puts the herbal mixture on a special charcoal that she has already heated up in the incense bowl filled with sand. In the stable she mainly uses wild herbs, which are said to have a calming effect on the cows and improve the air. Author: Anita Bach From the broadcast on December 20, 2013. Re-publication. More from UNSER LAND in the ARD Mediathek: https://1.ard.de/unser-land PODCAST TIP! Harvest good, everything good? The big topics in agriculture: https://1.ard.de/ernte-gut-alles-gut Agriculture on BR: https://www.br.de/unserland #räuchern #reupload #unserland