Once upon a time there was a tiger and a bear who wanted to become a human. They asked a god to make their wish come true. The god gave them mugwort (SSUG) and garlic, and instructed them to eat only those and endure 100 days in a cave. The tiger gave up, but the bear succeeded and turned into a beautiful woman. The god married the bear woman, and they had a son called Dangun. When he grew up, he found a beautiful land and lived happily ever after with the nation. That is the legend of the “Birth of Korea”.
SSUG is the Korean name for mugwort. We use the humble herb in many ways in food and medicine.
