972 - Surprising Gut Treatments For PMS, Menopause & Hormone Imbalances

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Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

Medical, Health, Functionalmedicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that hormone healing is directly connected to gut healing? In this episode, I share two stories of patients who improved their PMS and hormone imbalance symptoms by first healing their gut. I’ll also break down the best treatments for managing menopause symptoms. Learn the top supplements and diet strategies for PMS, balancing hormones after birth control, and menopause symptoms. Listen now!

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Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:32 Elemental diet for PMS & IBS

06:50 Gut healing & birth control

14:51 Probiotics & sexual function

16:48 Black cohosh for menopause

17:44 Diet & lifestyle tips for menopause

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0:00.0	I went to my gynecologist and said, you need to give me hysterectomy because I cannot take this anymore.
0:06.0	And then I started doing your elemental heel and he had ran into me into the hospital probably like a month or two later.
0:12.2	And he says, hey, says, I haven't seen you.
0:13.8	Are we still on for that or what do you want to do?
0:16.3	And I said, you know what?
0:18.0	I have to tell you, I got my gut back on track and I haven't had those terrible
0:23.5	pains. I said, no, I'm not taking that out. I am not having hystruct me.
0:36.4	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.
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0:54.0	Chino, thank you so much for the willingness to be open and use your story to help give other people
0:59.1	hope and hopefully some instruction for how they can navigate through not feeling well.
1:03.6	Of course. Yeah, I'm glad to be here because it's been a long road, honestly.
1:08.3	Yeah, the road often ends. Tell us a little bit about the road. What were your
1:12.1	symptoms? What were maybe some of the things you had tried prior or doctors you had seen?
1:17.5	When I would start my menstrual cycle, my cramping would actually flare at my IBS so bad
1:23.8	that I looked like I was about five months pregnant and just having terrible pains and all
1:28.4	these things and I would actually have to miss at least one day of work because it was just so
1:34.0	terrible and I just thought you know what I'm going to give your stuff a try so I did and I used
1:39.2	it for I think the first 14 days I was supplementing the chocolate one for just a meal.
1:45.7	Did you do 14 days exclusive or were you kind of doing some whole foods in there also?
1:50.7	I was still eating.
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