病邪 Traditional form: 病邪 Pinyin (reading): bìngxié Definitions: pathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM as opposed to vital energy 正氣/正气 (zhèngqì) Characters: 病 - sickness, illness, disease 邪 - wrong, evil, demonic; perverse, depraved, heterodox Traditional characters: 病 - sickness, illness, disease 邪 - wrong, evil, demonic; perverse, depraved, heterodox