Both have substantial published research bases, and their different mechanisms of action make them complementary rather than competing tools in tissue repair research
Hwang J, (and colleagues)
The art of tongue cleaning has existed for centuries and in Ayurveda medicine, the tongue reflects the health and wellbeing of the heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, lungs and stomach, so an article from Shabir where he recommends Urban Vedas Copper Tongue Cleaner
Extra interventions such as stone fragmentation (lithotripsy), balloon dilation of the opening of the common bile duct into the small intestine, or propping open (stenting) the common bile duct may be required along with ERCP if the gallstone is large, impacted, or trapped in front of an obstruction (Molvar 2016