One of the primary complaints about conventional doctors is that they are often clinical and uncaring — addressing patients as a series of individual ailments instead of as a complete entity. While a doctor who practices Traditional Chinese Medicine will examine a patient's tongue, pulse, and eyes even when the complaint is knee pain or a stomach ache and an energetic healer will often probe into a client's personal and professional life before proceeding with any hands-on work, many allopathic doctors leave patients feeling probed and poked and ultimately misunderstood.