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Also pestilential qì; epidemic pestilential qì; perverse qì; toxic qì; abnormal qì; miscellaneous qì. Any disease evil that causes epidemic diseases, that is, highly contagious diseases. Both epidemic qì and epidemic disease are referred to by numerous names. Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, liù yuán zhèng jì dà lùn) states, When pestilence comes on a large scale, the people tend to die suddenly. It was formerly believed that pestilential qì resulted from abnormal weather conditions such as prolonged drought or extreme heat. See externally contracted causes.

Terms Denoting Epidemic Qì and Epidemic Disease
Epidemic qì (疫气 yì qì), also called epidemic disease (疫病 yì bìng), has several synonyms: epidemic pestilence (疫疠 yì lì) scourge epidemic (瘟疫 wēn yì) warm epidemic disease (温疫 wēn yì) heaven current (天行 tiān xíng) (this term suggests something generally prevalent in the environment)

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