Hanlu Temple · eighty lots
Medicine King Hall — Lot 8
This tube asks about health. Think of the person you are worried about. Say their name.
Medicine King Hall · Lot 8Good
葫芦不掩药香清妙手回春自有声但遵医嘱心不躁沉疴渐退体渐轻
What it means: Trust the doctor and follow through. It will ease.
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
Doing what the doctor says beats collecting remedies from everywhere. Finish the full course, complete the follow-ups. The illness recedes a little at a time — do not rush it.
A lot is not a diagnosis. For the body, listen to a doctor.
How to read this grade
Good sits one step below Excellent: the direction is right, but the work has to be carried with diligence and patience. If the verse talks about keeping, gathering or holding steady, that is the point of the lot.
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.