Tongue pain is categorized as real fire and imaginary fire in Chinese medicine, and the available proprietary Chinese medicines are Huanglian Xieyue Pill, Guanzhi Pill, Liuwei Di Huang Pill, and so on. 1. Actual heat: caused by fire and heat, the symptoms of the tongue red prickles, tongue pain and difficult to lift. The treatment is to clear away heat and fire (removing heat and fire from the body). You can use Huanglian Xieyue Pill and Guiqi Pill. Huanglian Xieyu Pill has the effects of diarrhea, detoxification and laxative. It is used in treating heat accumulation in the triple jiao, mouth and tongue sores, constipation and ulceration, vexation and heat in the heart and chest (irritability and sultriness), hot dysentery and diarrhea, sore throat and epistaxis. It is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicine at the same time while taking the medicine. Guiding Red Pill is effective in clearing heat and fire (removing heat and fire from the body), diuretic and laxative. It is used in treating sores of the mouth and tongue, sore throat, irritable heat in the heart and chest (irritable and sultry), and short and reddish urine (small amount of urine, dark yellow in color) caused by internal heat. 2. Deficiency heat: Yin fluid injury, symptoms of dry mouth and tongue and pain, or tongue light peeling. The treatment is to nourish yin and clear heat (nourish yin fluid and remove heat). Six-flavored Di Huang Pill can be used for treatment. Six-flavored Di Huang Pill has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys. It is used for kidney yin deficiency, dizziness and tinnitus, lumbar and knee soreness and weakness (a feeling of soreness and weakness in the lumbar and knee regions), bone vaporization and tidal fever (a burst of heat, feeling that the heat is penetrating from the inside of the bone to the outside), night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, but sweating stops after waking up), and seminal emission. If the symptoms do not improve after taking the medicine for 2 weeks, you should go to the hospital. If there is a need for medication, one should go to the hospital for a clear diagnosis and then be prescribed by a doctor after diagnosis and treatment, and should not use medication blindly on one’s own in order to avoid adverse effects on the body.