{"podcast":{"title":"The Holistic Herbalism Podcast","slug":"the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911","podcast_index_feed_id":446911,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/176553.rss","website_url":"https://commonwealthherbs.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/sawb3mnxri1kijja3xo1ht8ykyrz?.jpg","author":"CommonWealth Holistic Herbalism","episode_count":296,"summary":"Practical herbalism from practicing herbalists. Conversations, botanical deep-dives, Q&A with clinical herbalists Katja Swift & Ryn Midura of CommonWealth Holistic Herbalism.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T14:18:58.806412+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911"},"episode":{"title":"Affordable Analogues for Expensive Herbs","slug":"affordable-analogues-for-expensive-herbs","published_at":"2026-06-11T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/affordable-analogues-for-expensive-herbs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/176553/episodes/19333091-affordable-analogues-for-expensive-herbs.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/176553/episodes/19333091-affordable-analogues-for-expensive-herbs.mp3","summary":"Accessibility in herbalism is not something extra or something nice-if-possible, it’s a critical part of our work. The prices of the remedies we recommend can sometimes be a determining factor in whether our clients take them, or take them long enough to get results. In many cases we can identify less expensive herbs, or formulae of herbs, which can do the job of more costly ones. In order to make an effective substitution, we first need to clarify the qualities, actions, affinities, and othe...","meta_description":"Accessibility in herbalism is not something extra or something nice-if-possible, it’s a critical part of our work. The prices of the remedies we recommend…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5092,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/episodes/affordable-analogues-for-expensive-herbs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/affordable-analogues-for-expensive-herbs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}