22: Ancient Wisdom: Modern Science with Michelle Hammond - Episode 2222: Ancient Wisdom: Modern Science with Michelle Hammond - Episode 22
UK Health Radio Podcast
Michelle Hammond talks with Dr Victoria Wright about her journey from particle physics to medical herbalism and functional medicine. The conversation centres on women’s hormone health, safe herbal support and understanding how interconnected systems like stress and blood sugar influence symptoms such as pain and menopause discomfort.
36:33•5 Nov 2026
Hormones, Herbs and Real-Life Relief with Dr Victoria Wright
Episode Overview
- Understanding the endocrine system helps separate hormone myths from genuine health issues.
- Herbal medicine can play a targeted, evidence-informed role alongside conventional care, especially for complex hormone conditions.
- Self-prescribing popular herbs and supplements based on social media can be risky and may interact with existing medications.
- Many menopause symptoms may be driven by factors like blood sugar and stress, not solely falling oestrogen.
- Working with qualified practitioners allows herbs and medicines to be combined safely and tailored to individual needs.
“After three months of treatment, I was completely pain free in a way that no other treatment had ever left me before.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey? This conversation takes a slightly different route, focusing on hormone health, energy and long-term wellbeing – all issues that can seriously affect anyone trying to live alcohol-free or rebuild their life. Michelle Hammond chats with medical herbalist and functional medicine practitioner Dr Victoria Wright, whose own story starts with severe endometriosis and daily pain from her teens.
Despite years of conventional treatment, nothing worked until, as she puts it, “after three months of treatment, I was completely pain free” using herbal medicine – a result that turned a sceptical physicist and CERN researcher into a hormone specialist. You’ll hear how Victoria connects ancient plant wisdom with modern diagnostics, using long, detailed consultations and targeted herbs rather than a cupboard full of random supplements.
She explains the hormone system in plain language, showing how insulin, cortisol, thyroid and sex hormones are all linked, and why blaming “just perimenopause” for everything can leave deeper issues unchecked. For anyone drowning in menopause headlines and HRT debates, this episode offers calm, evidence-led guidance. Victoria talks about working alongside mainstream treatments, including in integrative oncology, and why women on multiple medications should always seek a trained practitioner instead of self-prescribing based on social media trends.
There’s plenty of practical chat too: blood sugar regulation, realistic movement, emotional and spiritual health, and how tiny changes become more doable once you’ve got your energy back. Victoria also shares her aim to reach a million women with free hormone education workshops and her season-based book, *The Health Rebels Almanac*, packed with small, try-it-today ideas.
If you’re tired, wired and blaming your hormones, this episode might prompt you to ask a new question: what’s really going on in your body, and how could understanding it change the way you care for yourself?
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