At Balanced Thistle, we want to pair the best of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine with up-to-date, research based Functional Lab Testing. Buuuuut, we get pretty annoyed by Functional Medicine because human beings simply don’t thrive off eating 22 pills for breakfast, 12 for lunch, and 18 for dinner… which is what we’ve seen many patients struggle with in a functional medicine plan. When we order a Functional Medicine Lab Package for a patient- we’re looking at whole systems, not individual biomarkers. This allows a whole body and root-caused approach to healing. We then focus our efforts using nutrition, exercise, supplements, and herbs in a way that ACTUALLY feels managable and achievable because let’s be honest… we all have things to do and places to go without lugging a tote bag full of pills with us!
Prices include all the labs, a full functional anaylsis, and supplement, herb, nutrition, and lifestyle recommendations.
Cycling Hormone Panels- Ideal for women struggling with fertility, PMS, PMDD, acne, menstrual migraines, unexplained weight concerns, etc.
Basic Cycling Hormone Panel- $595
Includes two serum draws, timed with hormonal changes over a cycle (adjustments made for amenorrhea patients). Full sex hormone picture (estradiol, progesterone, free and total testosterone, DHEA and DHEA-S), full thyroid (TSH, Free T4 and T3, TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies), full blood sugar picture (fasting glucose, fasting insulin, HbA1c), iron and ferritin, Vitamin D, B12, folates, and of course all the basics!
Advanced Cycling Panel- $1,225
All of the serums above except we pull the sex hormone markers and opt into a DUTCH cycle map- which is all sex hormones, and their metabolites and pathways, mapped over a full menstrual cycle via urine and saliva. Plus a full cortisol rhythm, adrenal function picture, and organic acid profile.
Menopause Hormone Panels- Ideal for women experiencing signs and symptoms of perimenopause and menopause looking for help alongside or instead of HRT.
Basic Menopause Panel- $595
Includes two serum draws, because it’s just too much dang blood to do all at once! Full picture of estrogens (yes, two of them!), androgens, progesterone, blood sugar (metabolic function gets funky in these years without those hormones!), detox function, everything thyroid, and of course all the basics such as lipids and blood count!
Advanced Menopause Panel- $1,225
All of the serums above except we pull the sex hormone markers and opt into a DUTCH Plus panel which allows us a bigger picture into sex hormones and their metabolites and pathways, as well as a full cortisol, adrenal, and organic acid work up via saliva and urine.
