Many different medicinal system use tongue diagnosis as an important part of their analysis of the patient.
The digestive system and the general functioning of the organism is mapped out on the tongue.
Coated
Black, blackish
— the whole tongue :
• CARBO VEGETABILIS, CHINA, KALIUM CARBONICUM, NUX VOMICA, SECALE CORNUTUM
— center, in particular :
• all the MERCURIUS, PHOSPHORUS
— dry and cracked :
• ARSENICUM ALBUM, LACHESIS, LYCOPODIUM, VERATRUM ALBUM (posterior region)
Blue, bluish
— in general :
(See also below, acute)
• ARSENICUM ALBUM, CARBO VEGETABILIS, DIGITALIS
— acute cases :
(See also above, in general)
• AGARICUS, ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM, MURIATIC ACID
— hepato-pancreatic system :
• IRIS VERSICOLOR, PODOPHYLLUM
Brownish
— in general :
(See also below, acute)
• CHELIDONIUM, KALIUM PHOSPHORICUM, NUX VOMICA
— acute cases :
(See :fever and thirst)
• AILANTHUS GLANDULOSA, ARSENICUM ALBUM, BAPTISIA, BRYONIA, MERCURIUS CYANATUS, RHUS TOX
Dirty
• ARSENICUM ALBUM, LACHESIS, MAGNESIA CARBONICA, all the MERCURIUS, MYRICA CERIFERA, OPIUM, SEPIA
Grayish
• AMBRA GRISEA (grayish-yellow), KALIUM CARBONICUM
Greenish
• NATRUM SULFURICUM, NITRIC ACID
Red, reddish
— the whole tongue :
• dry (See also: cracked) : ACONITUM, APIS, ARUM TRIPHYLLUM, BELLADONNA, CANTHARIS, KALIUM BICHROMICUM, PHOSPHORUS, PHYTOLACCA, RHUS TOX
• moist : MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS, NITRIC ACID (See : cracked)
— center :
• CAUSTICUM, CHAMOMILLA, PHOSPHORUS, RHUS TOX
— edges :
• ARSENICUM ALBUM, CHELIDONIUM, MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS, SULFUR FLAVUM
— tip :
• ARSENICUM ALBUM, ARGENTUM NITRICUM, PHYTOLACCA, RHUS TOX, RHUS VERMIX, SULFUR FLAVUM
White or whitish
— in general :
(See also above : acute)
• all the tongue : ARSENICUM ALBUM, BISMUTHUM, CALCAREA CARBONICA, COLIBACILLINUM, HYDRASTIS, KALIUM MURIATICUM, NATRUM CARBONICUM, TARAXACUM
• all the tongue, in the morning : CHINA, NITRIC ACID, PULSATILLA
• only the center : IRIS VERSICOLOR, PETROLEUM, SULFUR FLAVUM
• only posterior region : NUX VOMICA, SEPIA (except during menses)
— acute cases :
(See also below : in general)
• all the tongue :ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM, EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM, GELSEMIUM
• all the tongue, milky : ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM, BELLADONNA, GLONOINE
• moist swollen with indented teeth marks along margin :
(See :rhinopharyngitis, tonsilitis)
KALIUM BICHROMICUM, MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS
• center : BRYONIA, CANTHARIS, SABADILLA
• edges : CAUSTICUM, CHAMOMILLA, KALIUM SULFURICUM
• posterior region : KALIUM MURIATICUM, LAC CANINUM, LOBELIA
Yellowish
— in general (See also above : acute), hepatic system :
• all the tongue, keeping the teeth print : CHELIDONIUM, HYDRASTIS, MAGNESIA MURIATICA, PODOPHYLLUM, YUCCA
• all the tongue, without teeth print : CHINA, CHIONANTHUS, NATRUM SULFURICUM, PTELEA
• golden yellow, often only posterior region; acid dyspepsia : NATRUM PHOSPHORICUM
• dyspepsia : CYCLAMEN, HYDRASTIS (middle line), PULSATILLA
— acute cases (See also below : in general) :
• all the tongue : ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM, BRYONIA, EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM, KALIUM BICHROMICUM, MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS
• only posterior region : NUX VOMICA, RHUS TOX, SEPIA
Cracked
— in general
• AILANTHUS GLANDULOSA, all the ARSENIC, ARUM TRIPHYLLUM, FLUORIC ACID, HYOSCYAMUS, NITRIC ACID, PHOSPHORUS, RHUS TOX, SPIGELIA
— center :
• LEPTANDRA, MEZEREUM, RHUS VERMIX
— egdes :
• CLEMATIS ERECTA, LACHESIS, NUX VOMICA
— in all directions :
• FLUORIC ACID, NITRIC ACID
Mapped
— chronic state :
• ARSENICUM ALBUM, NATRUM MURIATICUM, TARAXACUM
— acute disease :
• KALIUM BICHROMICUM, LACHESIS, RHUS TOX
Swelling
— in general :
• DULCAMARA, HELONIAS, MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS, NAJA, NATRUM MURIATICUM (under the tongue) PHOSPHORUS
— base swelling (Quincke’s edema, extreme suffocation) :
• ARSENICUM ALBUM 15C
— digestive system :
• CHINA, HYDRASTIS, LYCOPODIUM, PODOPHYLLUM
— red swelling during fever :
• ACONITUM, APIS, BELLADONNA (red pimple-like), CANTHARIS
See : candidiasis, canker sores, colitis, dyspepsia, eructations, fever, gallbladder, gastric ulcer, hepatic, hepatitis, herpes, mycosis, pancreatitis, stomatitis, thirst, tonsillitis, skin.