PCOS Treatment Using Functional Medicine
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) affects millions of women and often develops from deeper metabolic and hormonal imbalances that conventional medicine may overlook. Many women are prescribed birth control, metformin, or symptom-managing medications, but still struggle with irregular cycles, weight gain, acne, fatigue, or fertility challenges.
At Internal Healing & Wellness MD, we take a comprehensive, root-cause approach to PCOS using functional medicine. By addressing the metabolic, inflammatory, gut-related, and hormonal factors involved, we help women find lasting relief rather than temporary symptom suppression.
A Functional Approach to PCOS Relief
PCOS is heavily influenced by insulin resistance, inflammation, adrenal stress, gut imbalance, and environmental hormone disruptors. These factors affect everything from menstrual regularity to metabolism. Our treatment plans are designed to identify these triggers and restore healthy hormonal communication.
Women who seek a more complete evaluation from a hormone imbalance doctor or insulin resistance doctor often find this approach especially valuable.
Balancing Hormones Naturally
Hormone imbalance is central to PCOS, particularly when elevated androgens, low progesterone, or poor estrogen metabolism are present. These imbalances may contribute to cycle irregularities, acne, and weight-related challenges.
To support hormone regulation, we use personalized strategies such as:
- Nutrition tailored to improve blood sugar and support hormonal balance
- Anti-inflammatory approaches that reduce PCOS-related symptoms
- Targeted supplements to regulate cortisol and insulin
- Natural therapies that promote ovulation and more predictable cycles
If you’re experiencing symptoms like irregular cycles, hair changes, or persistent acne, a detailed evaluation can help identify the hormonal patterns affecting your health.
Schedule Your Comprehensive PCOS EvaluationSupporting Insulin Resistance & Metabolic Health
Many women with PCOS experience insulin resistance, even if they are not overweight. Addressing this root cause is essential for improving energy, metabolism, menstrual regularity, and fertility.
Our metabolic support strategies include:
- Evaluating glucose, insulin, cortisol, and inflammatory markers
- Recommending foods that stabilize blood sugar
- Incorporating supplements such as inositol, magnesium, and omega-3 fatty acids
- Personalized plans to improve energy and support sustainable weight goals
Improving insulin sensitivity is one of the most effective ways to reduce PCOS symptoms long term.
Restoring Gut Health to Improve Hormone Function
The connection between gut health and hormones plays a major role in PCOS. The gut influences estrogen metabolism, inflammation, thyroid function, and cortisol balance. When the microbiome is disrupted or the gut lining is compromised, PCOS symptoms can worsen.
To restore gut health, we use:
- Targeted probiotics and prebiotics
- Nutrients that strengthen intestinal lining integrity
- Anti-inflammatory nutrition
- Functional testing to uncover imbalances, sensitivities, or overgrowth
Improving the gut–hormone connection can support clearer skin, better digestion, and improved energy.
Identifying Root Causes With Advanced PCOS Testing
PCOS is a multi-system condition. To understand what’s driving your symptoms, we use targeted functional testing that evaluates hormones, metabolism, inflammation, and gut health. These tests help us build a precise, individualized treatment plan—not a one-size-fits-all protocol.
DUTCH Hormone & Cortisol Testing
DUTCH Plus or DUTCH Cortisol Awakening Response evaluates:
- Estrogen and progesterone patterns
- Androgen activity
- Estrogen metabolism
- Cortisol rhythm and stress load
This helps determine whether hormonal imbalance, adrenal dysfunction, or poor detoxification is contributing to irregular cycles, acne, or mood changes.
GI360 Microbiome & Stool Analysis
Gut health influences inflammation, hormone metabolism, thyroid function, and weight regulation. Gut microbiome testing assesses:
- Microbiome diversity
- Digestive and inflammatory markers
- Yeast, bacterial, or parasitic imbalance
- Short-chain fatty acids affecting metabolism
Food Sensitivity & Environmental Toxin Testing
These panels help uncover contributors to inflammation and metabolic disruption: assesses:
Environmental factors and chronic inflammation can worsen insulin resistance and androgen activity.
Nutrient & Metabolic Analysis
NutrEval provides insight into:
- Mitochondrial function
- Key nutrient deficiencies
- Oxidative stress
- Detoxification pathways
This helps identify factors affecting energy, metabolism, and hormone production.
These targeted evaluations allow us to understand exactly which systems are contributing to your PCOS—so your treatment plan is truly root-cause-driven.
Lifestyle Support for Hormonal Balance
Lifestyle influences fertility, insulin regulation, metabolic health, and hormone communication. We guide patients toward sustainable adjustments that naturally improve overall well-being, including:
- Movement routines that support insulin sensitivity
- Sleep strategies for healthy cortisol rhythms
- Stress-reducing practices to ease adrenal strain
- Ways to reduce exposure to endocrine disruptors
Natural Supplements for PCOS Management
In addition to nutrition and lifestyle changes, targeted supplements can support metabolic, ovarian, and hormonal balance. Depending on your testing, we may recommend:
- Inositol for improving insulin resistance
- Omega-3 fatty acids for inflammation
- Vitamin D for reproductive and immune health
- Magnesium to regulate blood sugar and cortisol
- Adaptogenic herbs for adrenal support
- NAC for metabolic and ovarian function
Each supplement is selected based on your unique physiology—not generic protocols.
Fertility-Focused Support for Women with PCOS
Women seeking natural fertility support often benefit from a comprehensive functional medicine approach. By addressing inflammation, metabolic health, progesterone levels, and thyroid function, we help restore ovulation and improve fertility outcomes.
This approach is especially helpful for women searching for PCOS fertility treatment that goes beyond medication and focuses on underlying imbalances.
Our fertility care may include:
- Cycle-specific nutrition
- Supplements for progesterone production and ovulation
- Blood sugar balancing for egg quality
- Support for stress and cortisol regulation
- Anti-inflammatory strategies
PCOS Treatment at Internal Healing & Wellness MD
We are committed to helping women understand and manage PCOS through personalized, root-cause care. We combine functional testing, nutrition, targeted supplementation, and lifestyle guidance to create treatment plans that support long-term hormone balance.
Women who work with us gain clarity about their hormonal landscape, confidence in their plan, and a compassionate partner on their health journey.
Internal Healing & Wellness MD provides PCOS treatment for patients in Shenandoah and the surrounding North Houston communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Instead of relying solely on symptom-suppressing medications, we address the causes of hormonal imbalance, including insulin resistance, inflammation, gut dysfunction, and cortisol imbalance.
Yes. Improving insulin sensitivity and hormonal regulation helps reduce the patterns associated with weight gain hormone imbalance.
PCOS isn’t “curable,” but it is highly treatable. In many cases, women can completely reverse their symptoms. By addressing root causes like insulin resistance, inflammation, gut imbalance, cortisol dysfunction, and hormonal irregularities, many women see improvements in cycle regularity, weight, fertility, skin, mood, and metabolism.
Functional medicine focuses on restoring balance through targeted testing, nutrition, lifestyle changes, and personalized treatment plans which allows many women to live symptom-free.
PCOS is one of the most underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed women’s health conditions because:
- Symptoms vary widely from patient to patient
- Birth control can mask irregular cycles and hormonal imbalances
- Conventional testing often overlooks insulin resistance, cortisol patterns, inflammation, and gut-related issues
- Providers may diagnose based solely on ultrasound, which is outdated and unreliable
Proper PCOS evaluation requires a root-cause approach which includes assessing hormones, metabolism, thyroid, stress, and digestion, to accurately identify what’s driving your symptoms.
While every plan should be personalized, many women benefit from supplements that support insulin balance, hormone regulation, and inflammation control:
- Inositol (Myo + D-Chiro): Supports ovulation, insulin sensitivity, and fertility
- Omega-3 fatty acids: Reduces inflammation and improves metabolic function
- Vitamin D: Commonly low in PCOS and critical for hormone balance
- Magnesium: Helps with insulin resistance, PMS, and stress regulation
- NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine): Supports detox pathways and improves ovulatory function
- Probiotics: Improve gut health, inflammation, and hormone metabolism
Supplement plans should be tailored based on functional testing to ensure the right dose and type.
There is no single test that diagnoses PCOS as accurate diagnosis requires a combination of clinical evaluation and targeted labs. A functional medicine approach evaluates all five PCOS systems including the hormonal, metabolic, digestive, fatigue/stress, and inflammation, to provide a complete and accurate diagnosis.
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