The Best Dessert in the World
Let’s be clear: I am not a dessert person. My sweet tooth is minimal, but this one- I’m powerless to restrain myself. I’ve shared this every year around holiday time. ...
What’s Cara Cooking? Summer Sauces!
My daughter is imploring me to write a cookbook. Maybe, if I ever retire, I will. The problem is, I can rarely recreate the same meal twice, as each dish ...
Stye in the Eye? Chinese Medicine to the Rescue!
Cara Frank, L.OM. I first published this excerpt from my book TCM Case Studies: Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders in 2013. Recently, one of my office managers got a ...
Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine
Practical Management of Measles with Chinese Herbal Medicine
This purpose of this blog is not to debate or take a stance in a pro or anti-vaccination stance. Vaccines can protect many and vaccine injury is real. Its purpose, ...
Chinese Herbal Medicine, Nutrition
Cara’s Personal Bone-Building Plan
I recently had my first DEXA scan to measure my bone density. Guess what? I have mild osteopenia. Age appropriate yet not worrisome. Briefly, DEXA is short for Dual X-ray ...
Acupuncture and CBD: A Match Made in Heaven
By Michael Keane, L.Ac Often patients are so relaxed after an acupuncture treatment that I joke about how common it is for people to experience a blissed-out ‘acupuncture high’. Turns ...
Beauty From the Inside Out
Beata Masalanka, L.OM. Let’s face it! Aging is a natural process and no procedure can or will stop it. Most of us would like to look younger. Not only look younger but feel younger. ...
Have a Healthier Fall with Chinese Medicine
One of my favorite aspects of Chinese Medicine is the emphasis on the value attuning ourselves to the energetics of each new season. The Ancient Chinese understood that our ability ...
Cara was Interviewed by Miss Marijuana
This past summer, Six Fishes’ signature CBD massages were featured in Philadelphia Magazine. I am proud that we were the first in Philadelphia to offer this healing service. Our patients with chronic pain, ...
Boosting Your Fertility with Yams
Recently I’ve been working with a patient who has unexplained fertility. She has two children, but she is now over 40. When I work with fertility patients, I carefully look ...