[16][6] The young leaves can be lightly boiled before being pounded and added to impart a pleasant colour, aroma and flavour.

[17][18] The plant is also actively grown in the state of Hawaii, and used for making the herbal mochi by residents of Japanese descent.

Most commonly, however, fresh mugwort as well as dried leaves ground into powder are a characteristic ingredient in various types of tteok (rice cakes).

[23] Artemisia princeps is one of the species of mugwort used as in moxibustion,[24] a traditional medical practice of China, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal and Vietnam.

[25] In the foundation myth of Gojoseon in 2333 BCE, eating nothing but 20 cloves of garlic and a bundle of ssuk for 100 days let a bear be transformed into a woman.