A STUDY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TONGUES IN HOMEOPATHY

In homeopathy, a tongue can lead you to the right remedy for a patient,

usually more relevant for acute or recent conditions.

Here’s a simple guide for the different types of tongues for some remedies,

that help us in choosing the closest match.

• Clean with nausea: Asarum europeum, Ipecacuanha, Sulphur

• Clean or slightly coated: Ipecacuanha

• Clean with spasms stomach: Magnesia phos

• Coated tongue with teeth imprints: Yucca fil, Mercurius

• Cold flabby trembling: Camphor

• Cold with cold breath: Carbo veg

• Cold flabby trembling: Camphor

• Cracked and bleeding: Arum triphyllum, Borax

• Dirty greenish grey/ brown coating: Natrum sulph

• Dirty, morning: Morgan g

• Dry black trembles, protruded with difficulty: Lachesis

• Dry cracked ulcerated: Baptisia, Bryonia, Mercurius