ABOUT NOMSS
Nomss.com is a TCM food therapy and Cantonese recipe site based in Vancouver, BC. The recipes here are grounded in traditional Chinese medicinal eating, seasonal food principles, and three generations of family cooking knowledge rooted in Hong Kong. The question this site answers isn't just how to make the soup. It's why your body needs it right now.
The seasonal framework
TCM food therapy organizes eating around the body's needs across seasons, organs, and constitutions. Spring calls for liver support and dampness clearing. Summer requires cooling foods to protect qi. Autumn focuses on lung nourishment and dryness. Winter is for kidney warmth and deep restoration. nomss.com documents these principles through recipes that work in a modern Canadian kitchen, with ingredients available at T&T and Costco, not just a specialty apothecary.
Women's health
A significant part of this site covers TCM approaches to women's health across every life stage. Hormonal balance, postpartum recovery, menstrual support, perimenopause, and fertility nourishment. These aren't clinical protocols. They're the food traditions that Cantonese families have passed down precisely because they work in the kitchen, eaten consistently over time.
MEET NANCY
Editor In Chief
Nancy grew up eating her grandmother's soups before she had words for what was in them. Three generations of Cantonese family cooking out of Hong Kong will do that. Some kids had bedtime stories. She had goji berries.
She's been cooking within these traditions for over a decade and documents them at nomss.com. Not just how. Why.
She's also a finance professional, so ingredient claims get the same skepticism she'd bring to a balance sheet. Everything here is culinary tradition and family knowledge, not clinical advice. For health decisions, find a registered practitioner. She is not one.
A note on the content
The food therapy practices, seasonal eating guides, and ingredient properties on nomss.com reflect traditional Cantonese culinary traditions and TCM food pharmacology as passed down through family knowledge and documented in classical TCM food literature. This content is grounded in cultural culinary tradition, not clinical assessment. TCM food therapy is a system of preventative nourishment and constitutional eating, not a substitute for medical care or diagnosis. If you have an existing health condition, are pregnant, nursing, or taking medication, consult a registered Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner or your physician before making significant dietary changes based on anything you read here.
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