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THE PCOS RESET
Hormone testing for PCOS that connects your symptoms to the root cause
You’ve been told you have PCOS but, not why you have it or how to manage it.
For women with diagnosed or suspected PCOS whose cycles, skin, hair and energy still don’t make sense. The PCOS Reset looks at how your body is making, using and clearing your hormones, then builds a plan around what your results show.
Naturopath & Medical Herbalist who has lived with PCOS. NMHNZ registered.
Advanced women's health without the guesswork.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR
You’ve worked so hard on your PCOS.
And it still feels like your body is working against you.
Your cycle shows up late, or not at all. Breakouts sit along your jaw and chin. Hair grows where you don’t want it and thins where you do. You’re tired in a way sleep doesn’t fix. You eat carefully, and your body doesn’t seem to notice. The advice has been the same every time. Lose weight. Go on the pill. Try inositol. You’ve done some version of all of it, and you still don’t know which parts were ever meant for you.
PCOS is frustrating when no one looks past the surface. This is where someone finally looks deeper. I’ve lived with PCOS, and I know what it takes to manage it well: specific support, guided by testing that looks at the root causes.
PCOS is not one condition.
Same diagnosis, different root causes.
Two women with PCOS can have completely different things going on. Most fit one of four broad types, and many have features of more than one.
We work out your type from your history, your symptoms, your bloods and your EndoMAP results together.
But your type is only part of the picture. The bigger piece is how your body is handling its hormones day to day, because that shapes so much of how you feel. That’s what the EndoMAP shows.
Insulin-resistant PCOS
The most common type, around 70% of cases. High insulin pushes androgens up, lowers SHBG and disrupts ovulation. It’s not just a diet problem, which is why standard dietary advice alone often isn’t enough.
Post-pill and inflammatory PCOS
Symptoms that appear after stopping the pill, either because PCOS was already there underneath or because your hormones are re-establishing their own rhythm. The pill also depletes nutrients your hormones rely on. Inflammation can drive androgens even at a normal weight.
Adrenal PCOS
Around 20 to 30% of cases. Here the adrenal glands, not the ovaries, are driving the extra androgens. Insulin, LH and glucose can all look completely normal. Hair thinning at the temples, stress-triggered cycle changes, anxiety and fatigue are common.
Lean PCOS
The most often missed. Driven by inflammation, gut imbalance and often thyroid function, and frequently dismissed because you’re not overweight. Fatigue, brain fog, bloating and a flare the day after certain foods are common clues.
What testing is there for PCOS?
Bloods tell you what you have. The EndoMAP shows what your body is doing with it.
PCOS is usually diagnosed through symptoms, blood tests and sometimes an ultrasound. Blood tests measure hormones like testosterone, LH and FSH, along with glucose and insulin. They matter, and for insulin they’re essential.
What bloods can’t show is how your body is handling those hormones. They give one number, at one moment. Two women can have the same testosterone result and very different symptoms, because their bodies are sending it down different pathways.
The PCOS Reset isn’t a test to diagnose PCOS. It’s for women who already have the diagnosis, or a strong suspicion, and want to see what’s happening underneath.
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THE ENDO MAP
What the PCOS Reset looks at
The EndoMAP is a dried urine test you do at home. You collect four small samples across one day, which lets us see how your hormones rise, fall and clear over a full day rather than at a single moment.
It covers nine areas. Together they show what your body is doing with your hormones, and which parts of your plan will make the biggest difference first.
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How your body processes hormones
One of the biggest pieces in PCOS, and almost never tested. Your body is constantly breaking hormones down, converting them and clearing them. When that isn’t working well, hormones build up or get pushed down less helpful pathways, and you feel it long before it shows anywhere else.
Androgens
Testosterone, DHEA, and what they break down into. This shows whether your androgens lean towards the pathway behind acne, unwanted hair growth and hair thinning, and whether they’re coming more from your ovaries or your adrenal glands.
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Your daily cortisol pattern
Your stress hormones measured at four points across the day. This shows whether your adrenal glands are part of your PCOS picture, and picks up patterns a single blood test misses, like feeling wired at night and flat in the morning.
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How your hormones work together
Oestrogen, progesterone and androgens don’t act alone. Your results show how they’re balancing against each other. They can show whether you’re likely ovulating, why your progesterone may be running low, and whether your oestrogen is balanced or pushing too far ahead. When one hormone is out, it pulls the others with it, so seeing them together tells us where to start.
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Oxidative stress and nutrients
Markers of oxidative stress and inflammation, plus whether your body has the nutrients it needs to do all this hormone work, including B6, folate and glutathione. Especially relevant for inflammatory and post-pill PCOS.
Melatonin across the day
Melatonin is not only a sleep hormone. It is one of the strongest antioxidants and anti-inflammatories your body makes, and it plays a direct role in hormone-sensitive conditions including PCOS. Low or disrupted melatonin patterns are common and almost never tested.
Endocrine disruptor exposure
The everyday chemicals that interfere with your hormones from the outside. Things like BPA (found in plastics, receipts, food packaging), PFAS and PFOA (in non-stick coatings, waterproofing, and cosmetics), and heavy metals including lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and aluminium. This shows your exposure load, so we know whether reducing it belongs in your plan. For PCOS specifically, this exposure load matters.
Gut markers relevant to hormones
Your gut plays a direct role in how hormones are cleared from your body. These markers show whether your gut is adding to your hormone load and it shows us what we need to do about it.
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One plan that reaches all of your symptoms, not just one
When your plan is built around what’s actually happening in your body, it doesn’t just target your skin, or your cycle, or your energy on its own. It works on what’s connecting them. That’s why the changes tend to show up in more than one place.
What women work towards
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More regular cycles and ovulation
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Clearer skin
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Less unwanted hair growth
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Less hair thinning
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Steadier energy through the day
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Calmer mood and better sleep
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A metabolism that responds again
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If pregnancy is part of your plans, we factor that in from the start.
Who is behind the reset
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Qualifications
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Bachelor of Natural Medicine awarded with distinction
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Pathology Analysis Training
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SPCNM Clinical Excellence Award
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Registered member of NMHNZ - Naturopaths and Medical Herbalists of New Zealand
I’m Tegan, a naturopath and medical herbalist helping women across New Zealand. I’ve lived with PCOS, alongside endometriosis, ovarian cysts and hormonal acne. I know what it’s like to have tests come back normal while your body is clearly telling you otherwise.
That’s why I became a naturopath. I wanted to understand the why, not just manage the what. Over a decade of clinical and personal experience later, testing is still the thing that changes the most for the women I work with.
The PCOS Reset is the investigation I wish I’d had. Not another protocol to try, but a clear look at what your body is doing, and a plan built from that.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Comprehensive intake form
Your full health history captured before we meet, so your first session goes deeper rather than covering the basics.
60-minute reset initial consultation
We go through your cycles, symptoms, history and goals, and start mapping out which type of PCOS your pattern points to.
Full written interpretation
A full report you keep, with your results explained and connected back to your symptoms.
EndoMAP dried urine hormone test
The full testing kit couriered to your home. Test value $590 + courier fee, included in your Reset Package
Blood work review
If you have recent bloods, I review them alongside your EndoMAP. If you don’t have recent blood results, I’ll tell you exactly which panel to get and we can review them together.
60-minute reset strategy consultation
We go through your results together and build your personalised plan: nutrition, herbal medicine, supplements and lifestyle, in the order that will make the biggest difference first.
THE OUTCOME
You stop guessing about your PCOS, and you understand your body again
By the end of your strategy session, you’ll know what’s happening in your body, why your symptoms look the way they do, and exactly where to begin.
You’ll leave with
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Your results explained
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Your PCOS type, and what’s driving it
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Which areas to work on first, and why
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Nutrition guidance matched to your results, not a generic low-GI diet
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Herbal medicine and supplements chosen for your findings
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Lifestyle changes that make sense for your pattern
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A clear set of next steps you can start straight away
How the Reset works
Two ways to start. Book your reset initial consultation directly if you are ready to go, or book a free Reset Check-In Call first if you would like to talk it through.
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Book in
Book your initial consultation directly, or start with a free 15-minuteDiscovery Call if you would like to check the Reset is the right fit first.
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Intake and payment
Your intake form comes through automatically. Once your invoice is paid, your EndoMAP is ordered and sent to your door.
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Your initial consultation
60 minutes on your history, cycles, symptoms and goals. We also plan your test timing and check what bloods you have.
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Complete your test
You collect four small dried urine samples across one day and send the kit to the lab. If your cycles are irregular or absent, I’ll tell you exactly when to collect.
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Your strategy session
Results usually take 10 to 15 working days once the lab receives your sample. We then meet for 60 minutes to go through everything, including your personalised health plan.
Frequently asked questions
No, the PCOS Reset can't diagnose PCOS. PCOS is diagnosed through symptoms, blood tests and sometimes an ultrasound. The Reset is for women who already have the diagnosis, or strongly suspect it, and want to see what’s happening underneath so their plan fits their body.
Not at all, many women come to me with a strong suspicion and no scan or bloods on file. We talk it through in your initial consultation, and your results show what your hormones are doing either way.
Yes. A GP can order blood tests and an ultrasound and diagnose PCOS. The Reset looks at a different layer: how your body is making, using and clearing your hormones, which helps explain why your symptoms look and feel the way they do.
Not on its own. Your type comes from your history, symptoms, bloods and EndoMAP results together. The EndoMAP is a big part of that picture, especially for adrenal, androgen and inflammatory patterns, but insulin is assessed through blood work and symptoms.
Insulin isn’t on the EndoMAP. If you have recent bloods, I review them as part of your Reset package. If you don’t, I’ll tell you exactly which panel to get and we will review them together.
It varies from woman to woman, which is why we test. The pill in particular depletes nutrients your hormones rely on, including B vitamins, zinc, magnesium and selenium. The EndoMAP also shows whether your body is using key nutrients like B6, folate and glutathione well.
Yes. In May 2026 PCOS was renamed Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), after a global consensus process published in The Lancet. The new name reflects that it involves several hormone systems, not just the ovaries. You’ll see me use both names.
Yes, and you do not need to stop anything. The EndoMAP is designed to be run while you are on hormonal medication, and your prescription is factored into how I read and interpret your results. This is a common question and it is genuinely not a barrier.
I’ll give you a collection plan in your initial consultation, based on what your cycle is doing.
It moves at the pace of your cycle. Your test window is set by where you are when you start, and the lab takes 10 to 15 working days to return your results. From there we book your strategy session as soon as they are in. I will guide you through each step so nothing is left to guess.