Globe artichoke

He's recently submitted his PhD thesis for examination at the University of Technology, Sydney, where he's been researching outcomes for people with anxiety and depression, consulting a naturopath for an individualised herbal medicine prescription.

David has previously featured on the show where we took a deep dive into passionflower, and today he's here to paint the rich clinical picture of globe artichoke, a classical herb that I think is being quietly overlooked in modern practice.

In this episode, we'll explore its role well beyond the familial liver and gallbladder support, and look at its multitude of actions throughout the whole digestive system.

We'll talk about its effects on the gut-brain axis, we'll cover the emerging research as a prebiotic and for supporting the gut microbiome, and the seeming contradiction of it containing foot dents but yet being useful in IBS.

I hope this episode leaves you with a fresh appreciation of this herb and how it may offer support to a wide array of patients in clinical practice.

Welcome to the Mediherb Podcast.

David, globe artichoke is a herb that's had a long respected history in Western herbal medicine, but it's probably getting passed over a little bit in modern practice, I think, these days, which is a shame because when you look at this herb, it's actually got quite a rich picture and profile to it.

So what do you think would be a case for bringing it back to the centre of a practitioner's toolkit?