{"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":"Herbalists' Views on the Top-Selling Herbs (Part 8): Milk Thistle & Black Cohosh","slug":"herbalists-views-on-the-top-selling-herbs-part-8-milk-thistle-black-cohosh","published_at":"2025-09-05T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/herbalists-views-on-the-top-selling-herbs-part-8-milk-thistle-black-cohosh","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/176553/episodes/17797593-herbalists-views-on-the-top-selling-herbs-part-8-milk-thistle-black-cohosh.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/176553/episodes/17797593-herbalists-views-on-the-top-selling-herbs-part-8-milk-thistle-black-cohosh.mp3","summary":"Herbs #22 and 23 on the top-selling herbs list for 2023 were milk thistle and black cohosh. Today we continue our series on commercially popular herbs, and share our views as herbalists on the actions, benefits, and applications of these. Milk thistle is widely known as an excellent herb for the liver, and this is a case where the common wisdom is correct. It’s one of the safest herbs out there, and fortunately, it is also widely available and inexpensive. Hepatoprotective and even able to re...","meta_description":"Herbs #22 and 23 on the top-selling herbs list for 2023 were milk thistle and black cohosh. Today we continue our series on commercially popular herbs, an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2420,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-holistic-herbalism-podcast-446911/episodes/herbalists-views-on-the-top-selling-herbs-part-8-milk-thistle-black-cohosh/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/herbalists-views-on-the-top-selling-herbs-part-8-milk-thistle-black-cohosh.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}