# Don't Choose Herbs "For" A Diagnosis - Do This Instead

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/don-t-choose-herbs-for-a-diagnosis-do-this-instead
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/don-t-choose-herbs-for-a-diagnosis-do-this-instead.md
Podcast: [The Holistic Herbalism Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911)
Published: 2026-06-07T20:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/176553/episodes/19308630-don-t-choose-herbs-for-a-diagnosis-do-this-instead.mp3
Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/176553/episodes/19308630-don-t-choose-herbs-for-a-diagnosis-do-this-instead.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/episodes/don-t-choose-herbs-for-a-diagnosis-do-this-instead
Duration seconds: 2356

## Resource

When we’re choosing herbs to help someone, knowing their medical diagnosis isn’t enough: we don’t choose herbs for a diagnosis. As herbalists, we actually need more information! A medical diagnosis is a specialized vocabulary which creates a shorthand so that people who already know what it means, how it happens, and how to fix it, can speak more efficiently about (whatever it is). It’s not an objective truth, though: it’s a descriptive label that is useful in a specialized context. Herbalism...

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/episodes/don-t-choose-herbs-for-a-diagnosis-do-this-instead/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/don-t-choose-herbs-for-a-diagnosis-do-this-instead.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.