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 Introduction

  New medical paradigm 

 Constitution Medicine

 Uniqe Organ Theory

 Characteristics of
    the Four Constitutions

 Problems with the Four 
   Constitutional Classifications

 Eight-Constitution Medicine 

The First Soyangin    

 The Second Soyangin     

 The First Soumin

 The Second Soumin     

 The First Teumin    

 The Second Teumin

The First Teyangin  

 The Second Teyangin    

 Practice of Distinguishing     Between Constitutions

 O-ring test to determine     constitutions


The Second Soumin (Teyanginesque Soumin)
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The second soumin has an organ structure with kidneys as the largest, lungs relatively large, liver relatively small, and pancreas the smallest. This can be written as kidneys > lungs > liver > pancreas.

This structure is the opposite of the second soyangin's, which is pancreas > liver > lungs > kidneys.

As seen below, the second soumin is in the opposite position of the second soyangin and therefore in all ways is opposite to the second soyangin.

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                                   Illustration. Organ structure of the second soumin

This structure can be expressed as below following the organ theory of Lee Jema, who attributes the organs to the four jiaos.

Largest: lower jiao: kidney group (kidneys, large intestine, sex organs, mouth, bladder, bones).
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Medium large: upper jiao: lung group (lungs, esophagus, tongue, ears, brain, skin).                                                               i
Medium small: lower middle jiao: liver group (liver, small intestine, navel, nose, waist, hypodermic tissues).
                                                           
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Smallest: upper middle jiao: pancreas group (pancreas, stomach, breasts, eyes, spine, muscles).

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                        Illustration. Body shape of the second soumin

The second soumin's kidneys are the largest organs, so naturally the kidney group, the lower jiao, namely the kidneys, large intestine, sex organs, mouth, bladder and bones, are the most developed. The lungs are next largest of the organs, so their group, the upper jiao (lungs, esophagus, tongue, ears, brain and skin) is relatively well developed.

Liver is a relatively small organ in the second soumin, so its group, the lower middle jiao (liver, small intestine, navel, nose, waist, hypodermic tissues) is not well developed. Pancreas is the smallest of the four organs, so its group, the upper middle jiao (pancreas, stomach, breasts, eyes, spine, muscles) is the least developed.

The first and second soumins both have kidneys the largest and pancreas the smallest, but they are nevertheless different in body shape, because the relative size of the two middle organs, liver and lungs, is different.

Firstly and most importantly, although both have the organ structure 'kidneys > pancreas', the first soumin is characterized by the smallest pancreas, while the second soumin is characterized by the largest kidneys. In other words, the first soumin is a constitution caused by a pancreas that is too small, while the second soumin is caused by kidneys that are too large.

If these constitutions become ill for some reason, the small pancreas of the first soumin gets weaker and the main method of cure is to adjust that weakened pancreas, while the overly large kidneys of the second soumin become stronger, so the main cure for the second soumin is to adjust those strengthened kidneys.

This can be easily expressed as follows.

Above: constitution with too small a pancreas: the first soumin
Below: constitution with too large kidneys: the second soumin

 

kidneys

liver

lungs 

  pancreas

kidneys

   lungs 

liver

pancreas

 

As seen above, although the first soumin has the smallest pancreas the same as the second, the two pancreases cannot be put into the same vertical column and regarded as being equally large. It is evident that the first soumin's pancreas is smaller.

Although the second soumin has the largest kidneys same as the first soumin, the two kidneys are not in the same vertical column and are not considered equally large. It can be seen that the second soumin's kidneys are larger.

Although the second soumin's pancreas is also small, it is not as small as the first soumin's, so the second soumin can gain weight to some degree, in contrast to the first soumin, who is the thinnest because of the weak functioning of the pancreas and stomach. However, the second soumin doesn't become corpulent, because his pancreas is indeed a small organ. In other words, you won't find second soumins among fat people.

The second soumin is characterized by the largest kidneys. Therefore the lower jiao, the buttocks and lower body, are most developed. Due to large lungs, the upper jiao, the shoulders, are well developed.
In summary, the second soumin has a narrow chest, in contrast to the first soumin, but relatively wide shoulders. Because of the largest kidneys, many women have large buttocks and many men have a large penis.

Bones belong to the kidney group. The second soumin with the best developed kidneys has strong and solid bones, so he is resistant to osteoporosis and his spine doesn't curve even in old age.
Due to the large kidneys a man is very energetic and a woman begins to menstruate at an early age and has menopause late.

It is not good for a second soumin to drink much alcohol due to his small liver. If he does drink, whiskey and vodka are better than beer, which has a cold character.

Soumin puts on weight mainly on the lower body, while soyangin on the upper body. The second soumin puts on weight and strength at the buttocks and lower body more than the first soumin, and can display good capability in such sports as skating and skiing.

The second soumin's pancreas is a small organ and he has poor digestion, although not as poor as the first soumin. If he eats too much at a time or eats irregularly, he can easily suffer from acute or chronic digestive disease such as gastritis or gastroptosis. He has a cold body, so he is sensitive to cold and suffers from cold extremities.

The organ structures of the second soumin and the second soyangin are opposites.
The first soumin is easily distinguished by the thinnest body structure, but the second soumin often doesn't look so typically soumin, because he is to some degree wide-shouldered and stocky. Similarly, the second soyangin doesn't look like a typical soyangin. If a little heavy, he looks similar to a teumin, but if thin, he looks like a soumin.

Nevertheless, the second soumin is indeed a soumin and has characteristics of soumin such as brilliance in the eyes, the general look of the face, the narrow chest, and the temperament. So they are relatively easily distinguished through detailed observation.

The second soumin is mixed with teyangin and to some extent has teyangin characteristics, among them a rich voice. Many second soumins are world famous singers or opera singers.

He also has a somewhat teyanginesque temperament and is more extroverted and active than the first soumin. However, that is in comparison only with the first soumin. The second soumin also is soumin and still has soumin characteristics and temperament as classified by Lee Jema.

The second soumin easily becomes upset and melancholic, but is relatively free from insomnia. Many great thinkers and philosophers are second soumins.

Note: Helpful and harmful foods for the second soumin are the same as for the first soumin.

Examples of the second soumin:

Jose Carreras, Julie Andrews, Mariah Carey
 


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