Women's Health

Detox Your Home: 4 Simple Tips to Avoid Hidden Hormone Disruptors.

Six Fishes has a clinical focus on the treatment of infertility. If you’re trying to conceive, we recommend detoxing your house. A growing concern is the effect of toxins on hormonal ...

by Cara Frank • December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

Practice Updates

2020 Taught me a Thing or Two

2020 is the year of the Metal Rat. I’m a metal rat. I clearly remember thinking, “This is MY year.” And then the world shut down. As the year closes, ...

by Cara Frank • December 11, 2020December 12, 2020

Acupuncture, Practice Updates

The Why of Tolerating and Not Tolerating

If we reduced it to a single reason our patients are coming in during these volatile times, it would be anxiety. Or at least the myriad ways that it can ...

by Cara Frank • October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Prenatal Care

How We Treat Pregnant Women at Six Fishes

Cara O. Frank L.OM. Treating women during pregnancy is one of the most joyful aspects of our practice. I even have treatment tables that tilt to ensure their comfort. Yesterday ...

by Cara Frank • October 12, 2020October 12, 2020

Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Fertility, Nutrition, Women's Health

Six Fishes 3-step Method for PCOS

On the calendar, September is PCOS awareness month. But in our practice, every month is PCOS awareness month. Why? Because 1 in 10 women are diagnosed with this disorder. Polycystic ...

by Cara Frank • September 9, 2020September 11, 2020

Chinese Medicine, Food, What's Cara Cooking?

Late Summer is the Fifth Season

Cara O. Frank, L.OM. I first wrote this piece in 2011- here it is, nearly 10 years later and this reminder is still important.  Each year, I tweak it a little.  ...

by Cara Frank • September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

Practice Updates

5 Simple Ways to Nourish Your Resilience

So, while we can’t change the external reality, we have something to offer that’s critical right now: Resilience. We can help you, and your loved ones stay strong and healthy.

by Cara Frank • August 17, 2020August 20, 2020

Chinese Herbal Medicine

Have a Healthier Winter With San Fu Moxa Now!

Preventing illness is a cornerstone of Chinese Medicine. Here, we’re preventing Winter disease by treating you in the summertime.

by Cara Frank • July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

Fertility

Black Women and Infertility. We need to talk about this

Cara O. Frank, L.OM An important focus in our practice is the treatment of female and male infertility. While a good proportion of our patients are people of color, most ...

by Cara Frank • June 28, 2020June 29, 2020

Acupuncture, Fertility, Prenatal Care, Women's Health

How Six Fishes is Supporting Black Lives Matter

A riot is the language of the unheard’: ML “MOTHERS, THE NEWBORN AND CHILDREN REPRESENT THE WELL-BEING OF A SOCIETY AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE. THEIR HEALTH NEEDS CANNOT ...

by Cara Frank • June 4, 2020June 4, 2020