Dear Ed,
In general it is yes!
But we have to see combine the tongue with all the other information, i.e. the pulse, the inquiry, the observation of other parts of the body, and listening and smelling.
So, maybe the purple spots appear in one certain area of tongue, of course we should take the organs related with this area first, but we cannot forget the other parts. So we should pay attention for the coler of the tongue, or the form (shape) of the tongue.
Don't forget in traditional Chinese medicine all the organs could be related more or less.
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