Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Medicine King Hall — Lot 6
This tube asks about health. Think of the person you are worried about. Say their name.
Medicine King Hall · Lot 6Fair
病去如丝慢慢抽莫催莫急莫强求按时服药多静养春风一到自全瘳
What it means: Recovery takes time. Be patient with it.
The verse is kept in Chinese. It is a four-line regulated poem — rhyme and metre are part of the thing itself, and they do not survive translation. The reading below is written in English.
The reading
Getting well is slow work and cannot be hurried. Take the medicine on schedule, keep the follow-up appointments, eat properly, sleep properly. When spring comes you will notice the improvement.
A lot is not a diagnosis. For the body, listen to a doctor.
How to read this grade
Fair is not a bad lot. It means even — no great tailwind, no wall. This band most often lands on doing the thing in front of you well and not changing roads yet.
All eighty lots are lines written for Hanlu Temple. They are here to help you put a question into words — no promise, and no medical, financial or legal advice.
Draw this lot in the hall
Walk to the Medicine King Hall, sit down on a cushion and put your palms together. The tube of lots stands by the altar. A lot you drew in the same hall on the same day is remembered, so you can come back and read it again.