Advanced Acupuncture Therapy  (English, Paperback, Agrawal A.L.)

This book presents as exhaustive and up-to-date information on the science and art of acupuncture with the following highlighting features. It describes in detail the Chi, traditional theories and modern theories of acupuncture. It highlights the importance and technique of pulse diagnosis.The text includes a chapter on surface anatomy.The book highlights the techniques of periosteal acupuncture, TENS, laser beam therapy and ultrasonic acupuncture.The acupuncture point prescriptions of various diseases have been given.The technique of acupuncture anaesthesia has been discussed elaborately.Topics of ear, scalp, nose, hand and foot acupuncture are featured prominently. With all these salient features, this book aims to serve as an essential text for students, a handbook for practitioners, and a detailed reference for the research scholars and teachers of acupuncture.

About the Author
G. L. Asawa is Professor Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee). He joined the department in 1971 and has travelled on foreign assignment in Nigeria and to European and Asian countries for presenting research papers in conferences delivering invited lectures or under exchange programme. He has been teaching hydraulic engineering at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and also associated with research and consultancy activities in different aspects of water resources engineering (design of hydraulic structures and river training works physical modelling of rivers and hydraulic structures) and wind engineering. He has published about 60 research papers and written as many reports on consultancy projects. Dr. Asawa is a member of the Monitoring Committee for Isorrc 113 Works and also other committees at the national level. He led the Indian delegation for Isorrc 113 committee meetings in October 1994. He is life fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) Indian Society for Hydraulics Indian Water Resources Society and Indian Association of Hydrologists and is a life member of the Indian Society for Wind Engineering.