3. Pain Relief
Mugwort is a super effective pain reliever, so much so that it is listed in ancient literature as something that was regularly administered to the dying. The little herb was often carried in satchels by warriors and soldiers, who would then administer the mild pain reliever to their fallen comrades in the hope that it would take some of the stings away from painful sword lacerations or ax wounds.
The fact that it is a mild hallucinogenic might have something to do with this, but let’s face it, if you’re going to go out of this world in an epic battle, you probably want something to take the edge off all of the death and murder that’s going on around you.
Nowadays, mugwort can be rubbed directly onto muscles or used as a massage tonic to give pain relief. Not quite as cool as the battlefield example, but still just as effective.