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The Japanese mugwort, which is the main ingredient of kusa mochi, has a history of at least 2,500 years of use. [4] In one piece of Japanese ancient literature, it is stated that Japanese mugwort can be used as a hemostatic, a medicine for diarrhea, and for miscarriage prevention, and these uses are still put to practical use today. Research ...
Mugwort is a vital ingredient of kusa mochi (rice cake with mugwort) and hishi mochi (lozenge rice cake), which is served at the Doll Festival in March. In addition, the fuzz on the underside of the mugwort leaves is gathered and used in moxibustion.
In Japan the herb is used to flavor glutinous rice dumplings called kusa mochi (草餅) or yomogi mochi (蓬餅), [15] or rice flour dumplings called kusa dango (草団子). [16] [6] The young leaves can be lightly boiled before being pounded and added to impart a pleasant colour, aroma and flavour. [16]
A version made with kusa mochi (草餅), which is mochi flavored with mugwort. Mame daifuku (豆大福) A version where azuki beans or soybeans are mixed into mochi and/or azuki sweetfilling. Shio daifuku (塩大福) A version which contains unsweetened anko filling; it has a mild salty taste. Awa daifuku (あわ大福)
Kusa mochi: "grass" mochi, a sweet mochi infused with Japanese mugwort (yomogi), surrounding a center of anko; Kuzumochi; Kuri kinton: a sweetened mixture of boiled and mashed chestnuts; Manjū: steamed cakes of an surrounded by a flour mixture, available in many shapes such as peaches, rabbits, and matsutake (松茸) mushrooms
Kusa mochi is a green variety of mochi flavored with mugwort (yomogi). [52] [50] When daifuku is made with kusa mochi, it is called yomogi daifuku.
Artemisia indica - Japanese mugwort; Artemisia japonica - Oriental mugwort; Artemisia ludoviciana - western mugwort, native to North America; Artemisia norvegica – Norwegian mugwort; Artemisia princeps – Japanese mugwort ("yomogi"), Korean mugwort ("ssuk"), used as a culinary herb and in traditional Chinese medicine. Artemisia stelleriana ...
Artemisia vulgaris, commonly known as mugwort, common mugwort, or wormwood, [note 1] is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is one of several species in the genus Artemisia commonly known as mugwort, although Artemisia vulgaris is the species most often called mugwort. Mugworts have been used medicinally and as ...