Jamie Hamilton is the practitioner behind East West Clinic in Lower Bourne, Farnham.
He is a degree-qualified acupuncturist, Chinese herbal medicine practitioner, teacher of Chinese medicine, published author, and specialist in pulse diagnosis. Jamie has been practising Chinese medicine since 2003 and acupuncture in Farnham for over 20 years.
His clinical work focuses on thoughtful, individual care. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, Jamie uses Chinese medicine diagnosis to understand the broader pattern of a person’s health, including sleep, digestion, energy, pain, stress, emotional state, and longer-term wellbeing.
Alongside his clinic work, Jamie teaches Chinese medicine internationally. Recent teaching has taken him to Switzerland, Seattle, Jakarta and Norway, sharing specialist work in diagnosis, pulse diagnosis and classical Chinese medicine. Jamie is also co-principal of East West College, providing continuing professional development courses for acupuncture and Chinese medicine practitioners.
His book, Essential Pulse Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine, was published by Singing Dragon in 2022.
At East West Clinic, this experience is brought back into calm, practical one-to-one care for patients in Farnham and the surrounding area.
Jamie’s clinical work is supported by ongoing postgraduate training and continuing professional development across several areas of Chinese medicine.
He has studied Applied Channel Theory in Switzerland and Beijing with Jason Robertson and the late Dr Wang Ju-Yi, deepening his work with channel diagnosis, palpation and classical approaches to acupuncture.
Further specialist training has included fertility acupuncture with Naava Carman and Zita West, and male fertility training with Ian Stones.
Jamie has also trained in cosmetic acupuncture.
Before training in acupuncture, Jamie’s background was in shiatsu, a wonderful hands-on therapy that continues to inform the sensitivity, palpation and body-based awareness within his clinical work.
Jamie Hamilton is a degree qualified acupuncturist registered with the British Acupuncture Council, a qualified Chinese herbal medicine and shiatsu practitioner, a teacher of Chinese medicine, co-principal of a Chinese medicine CPD college, and a published author in the professional literature.
Jamie Hamilton LicAc LicCCH BSc FwSS
So: what do the letters after my name mean?
LicAc is Licentiate in Acupuncture.
LicCCHM is Licentiate in Classical Chinese Herbal Medicine.
BSc is a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Acupuncture (2:1 grade) at College of Integrated Chinese medicine validated by Kingston University
FwSS is Fellow Member of The Shiatsu Society UK, the UK's leading professional body for Shiatsu and giving excellent peer support for acupuncture practice as a adjunct. I have been a member of the Shiatsu Society since 2003 and a registered teacher since 2006
I continue to teach for colleges in the U.K. and am co-principal of East West College, providing innovative CPD courses for acupuncture practitioners.
In 2015 I began to investigate the diagnostic procedures in Chinese Medicine. This began with the practice of Applied Channel Theory as taught by the incredible practitioners Dr. Wang Ju-Yi, Dr. Jason Robertson. and Jonathan Chang. I have been fortunate to have met and studied with Dr. Wang in Beijing in 2016 as well as taking advanced seminars with Jason and Jonathan in Switzerland and Beijing.
In 2016 I began a major area of personal research into pulse diagnosis culminating in developing an innovative method based on Classical techniques called the Mai Jing A-B-C method.
I now regularly teach this method and have written a book about it called Essential Pulse Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine, which was published by Singing Dragon in 2022.
Treatment at East West Clinic
In the clinic, Jamie brings this wider experience back into quiet, practical one-to-one care. Treatment begins by listening carefully, building a clear diagnosis, and choosing an approach that fits the person in front of him.
I have been interested in Chinese medicine since 1987 when travelling in China where I was involved in a serious bike accident. I met a blind Chinese medicine practitioner there who used a variety of effective methods to heal my injured arm, and this planted the seed for my Chinese Medicine practice. I have been in practice with Chinese Medicine since 2003.
My training began with therapeutic massage through the Maitri Foundation and shiatsu with the European Shiatsu School, studying with Chris Jarmey and George Dellar. I began teaching shiatsu in 2006, and later taught through East West College from 2009. That same year, I began my acupuncture degree at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, where Angie and John Hicks helped deepen my understanding of the emotional aspect of treatment.