Juniper is one of, if not the most sacred plant to Tuvans. The bags are made of a satiny material with an endless knot stitched into the front.
People also make a tea out of it and drink it for the same reason.
It probably actually has real antibiotic effects. This is also done at Shagaa, the beginning of the Eastern New Year. At that time, usually about 3AM, in addition to flinging milky tea about the house or yurt with a tos karak, to bless it, people also burn the juniper and waft the smoke into every nook and cranny to purify the house. They also take a smoldering twig of it and pass it around another person's head from right to left, then around the other person's torso from right to left, then around and between their legs, to purify the person. OUT Center of Asia Monument rug features the monument located in Kyzyl with scrolls, the eternal knot, and a bright border.