If all your joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments are supple and flexible, it is indicative of health. If you have to run for a bus or walk a distance of a few miles because you have missed the train or bus and you are winded or have little stamina for sustained effort a fair period of time, the chances are that you are below par in health. If you can read the smallest print without glasses and then immediately can perceive an object at a very long distance, the chances are you have good health. Next pick up your flesh. The former is an indication of health.
Healthy tissue is firm tissue.
Next hold out your hand and with the other press slightly with the thumb of the other hand on the part reverse to the palm. Observe how long it takes for the mark of the thumb on the skin to vanish. In healthy individuals it is almost instantaneous as soon as the pressure is off, indicative of good circulation. Under normal circumstances it is a good indication of health. The ability to relax and fall asleep easily is often seen in healthy children, but seldom in adults.