Illness-and-Remedy Method in Bazi (病藥法)
Use 病藥法 by defining one structural illness, matching a direct corrective function, checking availability and collateral effects, and preserving medical boundaries.
Overview
The Illness-and-Remedy Method (病藥法) organizes interpretation as diagnosis, mechanism, and correction. The “illness” is a specific chart obstruction, imbalance, or damaging relation; the “medicine” is the function that directly changes that mechanism without causing a larger failure. A rigorous application names the problem before the remedy, compares alternatives, checks whether the candidate can operate, and treats the language strictly as metaphor.
At a glance
- Step 1
- Define one specific structural illness
- Step 2
- Trace the causal mechanism
- Step 3
- Compare corrective functions
- Step 4
- Verify availability and side effects
- Output
- Diagnosis, remedy, counterevidence, and confidence
- Boundary
- Metaphor only, never healthcare advice
Define a bounded structural illness
Name the exact excess, blockage, damage, or failed condition and identify the symbols that support it.
Separate multiple problems rather than calling the whole life or person “ill.”
- One diagnosis per reasoning chain.
- Use chart evidence, not event hindsight.
Trace the mechanism before naming medicine
Show how the problem forms, which target it affects, and which relation keeps it active.
If the mechanism is uncertain, present competing diagnoses before selecting a corrective role.
- Cause before cure.
- Publish alternative explanations.
Compare remedies and test their operation
Evaluate whether each candidate weakens, redirects, protects, or clears the problematic route and what it affects elsewhere.
Check roots, exposure, source, reach, obstruction, and timing before calling any candidate effective.
- Compare benefit and collateral cost.
- Separate natal and timing supply.
Do not medicalize the metaphor
The method cannot diagnose an illness, select a body part, prescribe treatment, or assess prognosis.
Seek qualified care for health concerns and never delay it because of a chart label.
- No diagnosis or treatment.
- No delay-of-care implication.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)《滴天髓》病藥思路要求先找全局最關鍵的阻塞或偏勝，再檢驗對應之氣能否解除而不添新病A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- 《子平真詮》 (True Explanations of Ziping)《子平真詮》格局成敗與救應提供病點、救應、反救應的分層判讀依據A major reference for month-command, structure, and contextual Bazi interpretation.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology病藥法頁把病藥限定為命理結構比喻，公開主病選擇、藥效證據與副作用，不提供醫療建議OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.