My mother (the nurse) called me up today with a new home remedy for PCOS. You see, some of the side effects of PCOS is an inability to lose weight, facial hair (I don’t have much, but some), acne, excessive tiredness, insulin resistance, and so on.

I’ve been diagnosed with quite severe PCOS. And the best treatment? Birth control pill. Not so good when you’re trying to get pregnant. Of course, being that PCOS stands for Poly-Cystic Ovary Syndrome, um, infertility is kind of a given.

Anyway. The main culprit, at least in my case, is an excess of Androgen. Yanno, I’ve never had good experiences with men named Andy. And, Androgen is a male hormone, sooooo…

Here’s the thing. Supposedly, drinking 2 cups of spearmint tea a day can reduce your Androgen count. I wouldn’t recommend it for men (obviously) and it’s being touted as the cure for female facial hair. But, since it’s reducing the cause of female facial hair, and that cause is the same cause for my PCOS, it stands to reason that the spearmint tea would help my PCOS. If true, it should help me to lose weight, clear my face, and do all the wonderful things that birth control did except prevent pregnancy.

They recommend loose leaf tea, which is harder to come by. However, one of my search results noted that the androgen levels went down within 5 days of starting the tea therapy. Sound good? Sounds good to me too.

I figure I’ll give it 2 weeks of drinking it hot once I get my hands on some of the loose stuff, and if it seems to be working, I’ll experiment a little with making it ahead and drinking it as iced tea. Wish me luck!