Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Medicine King Hall — Lot 7
This tube asks about health. Think of the person you are worried about. Say their name.
Medicine King Hall · Lot 7Poor
讳疾忌医事不宜小疴拖久已成痍劝君及早求医去莫待病深悔亦迟
What it means: Do not put it off. Go and get it looked at.
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
Stop waiting and get it examined. A small thing left alone becomes an expensive one; a day earlier means a day less of it.
A lot is not a diagnosis. For the body, listen to a doctor.
How to read this grade
Poor describes the present, not your fate. Its use is to tell you to pull back a little, stop adding to the position, and move again when the conditions have changed.
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.