I’m so pleased to be able to write that my Chinese publishers have let me know that they have now published 150,000 of my books in Mandarin. As you can imagine, I’m delighted.
The bulk of sales is understandably taken up by my Handbook of Five Element Practice, a practical guide which formed the first introduction to the practice of five element acupuncture on its return to its country of origin over a decade ago.
Since then, seven of my eight English books have been published in Mandarin translations with the eighth, the translation of my ‘Blogging a Five Element Life’ now with the publisher, ready to appear in the autumn, to complete the whole series of my books.
I am currently editing another book which is drawing together more of my writings, which I will call ‘A Five Element Companion’. I am doing this in tandem with a continuing series of videos that I started several years ago. This is to form another video subscription series about my work introducing five element acupuncture to a Chinese world. Tong You San He is working on these videos at the moment, editing them and translating them for a Chinese audience.
The past decade has taught us through experience that setting up a five element practice in China is very different to what we are used to in this country. Likewise, Chinese patients' expectations of receiving five element treatment differ very markedly from those of English patients. Guy Caplan and I are recording a series of videos to provide helpful hints for those wishing to start up a five element practice in China.
