The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth. The tongue is covered with moist, pink tissue called mucosa. Tiny bumps called papillae give the tongue its rough texture. Thousands of taste buds cover the surfaces of the papillae. Taste buds are collections of nerve-like cells that connect to nerves running into the brain.
The tongue is anchored to the mouth by webs of tough tissue and mucosa. The tether holding down the front of the tongue is called the frenum. In the back of the mouth, the tongue is anchored into the hyoid bone. The tongue is vital for chewing and swallowing food, as well as for speech.
The four common tastes are sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. A fifth taste, called umami, results from tasting glutamate (present in MSG). The tongue has many nerves that help detect and transmit taste signals to the brain. Because of this, all parts of the tongue can detect these four common tastes; the commonly described “taste map” of the tongue doesn’t really exist.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
ALUMEN 30-Tongue, dry , black with burning pain in the evening
ANTIMONUM CRUDUM 30-Thickly coated , white tongue as if white washed
APIS MEL 30- Swelling of the tongue with inflammation. Cancer
ARGENTUM NITRICUM 30- Tip of the tongue painful. Bleeding from papillae of tongue
ARSENICUM ALB 30- Tongue blackish or bluish and cracked
AURUM MET 30- Cancer of tongue
AURUM MUR 30- Tongue hard like leather
AURUM TRIP. 30- Cracked, painful and bleeding tongue
BENZOIC ACID 30- Swelling and ulceration of the tongue
BORAX 30- Aphthae.White fungus like growth in the mouth and tongue. Leucoplakia
BRYONIA ALBA 30- Dry tongue
BUFO RANA 30- Bluish black tongue with cracks
CANTHARIS 30-Burning blisters on tongue
CAUSTICUM 200- Paralysis of tongue resulting stammering
COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE 30-Sensibility of the tongue is lost
CONDURANGO 30- Painful cracks
CROTALUS HOR 30- Tongue swollen to nearly twice the normal size, cannot speak a word
CUPRUM MET 30, LACHESIS 200- Constant protrusion of and retraction of the tongue like a snake
GALIUM APARINE 30- Nodulated tumors of the tongue
GRAPHITES 30-Burning blisters on the tongue
GUACO 30-Paralysis of the tongue
HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS 30-Dirty yellow and moist tongue
KALI MUR 30- Tongue is coated white or there is a grey coating at the base of the tongue
KALI CYNATE 200- Cancer of the tongue with agonizing neuralgia. Ulcer of the tongue with indurated edges
LATHYRUS SAT. 30-Burning pain at the tip of the tongue with tingling and numbness
LITHIUM MUR 30-Numbness of the tongue
LYCOPODIUM 30-Ulcers on the tongue
MERCURIUS SOL 30-Furrow in the middle of the tongue.A tumor under the tongue. Inflammation of the tongue
NATRUM PHOS 30-Blisters on the tip of the tongue.Moist coating on the tongue
NATRUM MUR 30-Blisters on the tip of the tongue
OLEANDER 30-Parched tongue
PIPER NIGRUM 30-Cramps in the tongue and heaviness of the tongue
PODOPHYLLUM 30-Coated tongue
PULSATILLA NIG. 30-Tongue dry without thirst
PTELEA TRI. 30-Red and prominent papillae of the tongue
RANUNCULUC SL 30-Peeling and cracking of tongue
RHUS TOX 30- Triangular red tip
RUTA GRAVEOLENS 30-Cramps of the tongue
SANICULA AQUA 30- Ringworm on the tongue
SEMPERVIVUM TECT 30-Malignant ulcers of the tongue. Cancer of mouth and tongue
SULPHURIC ACID 30- Ulcers on inflamed tongue
TARAXCUM OFF. 30-Tongue mapped, covered with a white film , feels raw, comes off in patches. Red sensitive spots on tongue
THUJA OCC 200- A cyst under the tongue. White painful blisters close to the root of the tongue. Biting of the tongue
VERATRUM VIRIDE 30-Tongue white or yellow with a red streak in the middle
VIBURNUM PRUN.30- Cancer of tongue