LA Times
A cultural feature on Zuo Yue Zi in Southern California
Featured in a Los Angeles Times cultural story on Zuo Yue Zi and the Chinese postpartum meal delivery tradition in Southern California.
Read the articleFounder Story
She didn’t start a business.
She started a revolution in how America cares for new mothers.
If you grew up hearing about Zuo Yue Zi but never knew how to start — or you’re not Chinese and just discovered this tradition and want to know if it’s really for you — you’re in the right place.
Nicole’s Story
From a daughter of Taiwan to founder of an American tradition.
Every mother deserves to be taken care of after she gives birth.
Not discharged with a pamphlet. Not left to figure it out alone. Taken care of — the way generations of Chinese families have always understood it: with warmth, with real food, with someone who knows exactly what a body needs after the most demanding experience of its life.
Nicole Huang built JingMommy because she knew what that care felt like — and she knew too many mothers in America were going without it.
Nicole grew up in Taiwan, immigrated to the United States, and eventually earned her MBA from Cal State LA. She moves between both worlds fluently — the traditional Chinese culture she was raised in, and the modern American life she built. That fluency is exactly what made her see something others missed: that the most important month of a woman’s postpartum life was being left entirely to chance.
When Nicole had her own children in the United States, her parents were in Taiwan — and there was no one to cook for her. So she did what she has always done: she researched. She immersed herself in the principles of Zuo Yue Zi — the traditional Chinese practice of postpartum nourishment followed across East Asia for over 2,000 years — and applied everything she learned to her own recovery. What she found on the other side surprised her. Not just physically, but in the way it felt to be genuinely nourished and genuinely cared for at the moment she needed it most.
She couldn’t stop thinking about all the mothers who weren’t getting that.
She began helping friends. Then friends of friends. She started writing on Yahoo! Blog — at the time, the most widely read blogging platform in the Chinese-speaking world — and her readership grew to over 160,000. Mothers across the United States found her: Chinese-Americans who had grown up with the tradition but needed guidance navigating it in America. Immigrant mothers, far from family, doing it alone. Non-Chinese mothers who had discovered Zuo Yue Zi through research and felt, instinctively, that this was exactly what they had been looking for.
What began as a blog became a community. What began as advice became a calling.
A Two-Decade Journey
Built one mother at a time, since 2003.
- 2003Began formally studying and teaching traditional Zuo Yue Zi postpartum care.
- 2004Became a distributor for postpartum herbal products developed by Dr. Zhuang Shu-Qi, Taiwan’s leading authority on postpartum care.
- 2008Entered the postpartum meal space — because advice alone was never going to be enough.
- 2010Officially founded JingMommy.
- 2016Built a new central kitchen in Walnut, California — today over 5,000 square feet of certified kitchen and office space, open and transparent.
- TodayOver 10,000 mothers across the continental United States have trusted JingMommy with their recovery.
Begin Where You Are
Ready to feel the difference?
Begin with a tasting, or explore the plans built for the most important month of your life.
What Nicole Believes
A philosophy of care, refined over 20 years.
Western culture treats postpartum recovery like a race back to normal. Get up. Get out. Get back to work. Chinese medicine says the opposite: this is the window. This is when your body is most open to healing, most responsive to nourishment, most in need of real rest. What you do in this first month shapes how you feel for years.Nicole Huang — Founder, JingMommy
The mothers who come to JingMommy arrive from different places. Some grew up hearing about Zuo Yue Zi but never knew how to start — or worried their partner would think it was strange. Some found this tradition through research, wanting specific results: better milk supply, faster recovery, more energy. Some didn’t find JingMommy at all — someone who loved them did, and made the call on their behalf.
Nicole built this for all three of them.
My milk came in so abundantly that I ended up donating to feed four other babies. Any American non-Chinese mamas reading this: don’t hesitate. This is the stuff that really nourishes you.
Every meal comes from a kitchen Nicole owns. Every recipe has been refined over more than two decades. Every question is answered by a dedicated, bilingual team — real people who genuinely care and are ready to coordinate around whatever you need.
Real food. Real care. Real recovery.
Press & Recognition
As Seen In
JingMommy’s work has been recognized by both American and Chinese-language media.
PBS
Lucky Chow: Made in China
Featured on the PBS-distributed food and culture series exploring how traditional Chinese postpartum practices are finding new life in America. The segment visited JingMommy’s kitchen in Walnut, CA — showcasing the food therapy philosophy, the three-stage Zuo Yue Zi recovery diet, and a Chinese postpartum meal delivery operation serving families across the continental United States.
Watch the segment中文媒體
Leading Chinese-language media
Multiple features in the leading Chinese-language media serving the US community, including World Journal (世界日報), CTS (中天新聞), and EBC (東森新聞).
What’s Coming
A book for English-speaking families.
Nicole is currently working on a book for English-speaking families on the ancient practice of Zuo Yue Zi postpartum care and its modern application in the United States. Drawing on more than two decades of experience and over 10,000 families served, the book will bridge the gap between traditional Chinese wisdom and the lived reality of mothers in America today.
Take the Next Step
The most important month begins here.
Choose a plan, or start with a taste. Every step at your pace.