What Makes the Tongue a Great Diagnostic Tool in Ayurveda? In my studies of Ayurveda, I have learned that this form of medicine is very comprehensive in its diagnosis of disease. I enjoy learning about Ayurveda because it looks at the whole body and sees how all of its individual parts work together in harmony when you have health and balance, and in disharmony when you are ill and out of balance. The tongue is a great map of the