Ayurvedic expert Dr Manisha Mishra recently shared six signs that, according to Ayurveda, may indicate that the body is in good shape. In a video, she pointed to a clean tongue on waking, little or no morning phlegm, sweating on the forehead and underarms during exertion, a comfortable sense of hunger without acidity or brain fog, waking up feeling refreshed, and clear eyes without excessive redness or dryness.

While these may seem reassuring, they should not be treated as a complete measure of a person’s health. Dr Honey Savla, Consultant, Internal Medicine, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, explains that overall health involves far more than what we can observe in the morning.

A clean tongue does not necessarily mean you’re healthy

Dr Mishra considers a clean tongue with little or no coating after waking as one possible sign of good health.…