Tarantula Hispanica Materia Medica
- Tarantula covers many different types of spiders
- Known from species of wolf spider
- The actual spider used in this preparation is Lycosa Tarantula
- Vicious looking creature with long large fangs
- Bounds after its prey at high speeds
GENERAL
- Annual periodicity
- Once bitter the part swells up, changes colour, marked pain and itching similar to a snake bite or bee sting
- Bite affects the nervous system
- Depression
- Coldness
- Dizziness
- Bizarre exaggerated restlessness and uncontrolled agitation
- Excessive sensitivity to any light and noise which leads to increased
Aggravation of state
- Constant movement of arms and legs
- Constant need to move
- Better for friction, alleviates over reaction of nerves
- Rubs the fingers, legs, hands (the affected part)
- Music provides medium to move around
- Pain is ameliorated by music
- Twitching of muscles
- Hysteria
CHARACTERISTIC SYMPTOMS
- Restlessness
- Extreme restlessness of limbs (arms legs head etc)
- Like to be occupied with their hands
- Tendency for skin to be discoloured
- Boils, abscesses have dark red or purplish discolouration of the skin (D/D Tarent cub) especially where there is a tendency to suppuration
- Tendency for constriction, chocking sensation in the throat.
- Music Amel (initially it will excite them)
- Yearly periodicity
- Synalgias (unrelated pains) in distant parts of the body that are not related to the complaint
E.g. headache with pain in the uterus
Throat pain with pain in the eye
- Hyperaesthesia of spine (very sensitive to touch)
- Rubbing amel irritation of nerve endings
MENTALS
- Ailments from unrequited love trigger the state
E.g. person from a broken home, father figure not around
- Wants to be loved, wants attention but the caregivers not there
- Child constantly draws your attention
- If there is no observer there is no hysteria
- Deceitful behaviour
- Cunning-these traits develop in order to compensate for the love they
feel they are not getting at home
- Hard workers
- Quick to think
- Quick to act
- Love company, outgoing and friendly, extroverted
- Loquacious
- Obstinate especially in children
- Clairvoyant
- Music amel (this will always be the aspect of the case)
- Constantly need to be active
- Moods change abruptly: excessive happy+gay+laughing and singing to thoughts of death and indifference
- Prone to acts of violence
- Destructive
- Fits of rage
- Desire to strike, hit
- Lascivious even in the way they present to you
- Flirtatious
- Fears of being assaulted or attacked
MODALITIES
- < Cold aggravates pains in limbs
- > Walking in open air
- > Rubbing amel
- Excessive thirst
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- Known from species of wolf spider
- The actual spider used in this preparation is Lycosa Tarantula
- Vicious looking creature with long large fangs
- Bounds after its prey at high speeds
GENERAL
- Annual periodicity
- Once bitter the part swells up, changes colour, marked pain and itching similar to a snake bite or bee sting
- Bite affects the nervous system
- Depression
- Coldness
- Dizziness
- Bizarre exaggerated restlessness and uncontrolled agitation
- Excessive sensitivity to any light and noise which leads to increased
Aggravation of state
- Constant movement of arms and legs
- Constant need to move
- Better for friction, alleviates over reaction of nerves
- Rubs the fingers, legs, hands (the affected part)
- Music provides medium to move around
- Pain is ameliorated by music
- Twitching of muscles
- Hysteria
CHARACTERISTIC SYMPTOMS
- Restlessness
- Extreme restlessness of limbs (arms legs head etc)
- Like to be occupied with their hands
- Tendency for skin to be discoloured
- Boils, abscesses have dark red or purplish discolouration of the skin (D/D Tarent cub) especially where there is a tendency to suppuration
- Tendency for constriction, chocking sensation in the throat.
- Music Amel (initially it will excite them)
- Yearly periodicity
- Synalgias (unrelated pains) in distant parts of the body that are not related to the complaint
E.g. headache with pain in the uterus
Throat pain with pain in the eye
- Hyperaesthesia of spine (very sensitive to touch)
- Rubbing amel irritation of nerve endings
MENTALS
- Ailments from unrequited love trigger the state
E.g. person from a broken home, father figure not around
- Wants to be loved, wants attention but the caregivers not there
- Child constantly draws your attention
- If there is no observer there is no hysteria
- Deceitful behaviour
- Cunning-these traits develop in order to compensate for the love they
feel they are not getting at home
- Hard workers
- Quick to think
- Quick to act
- Love company, outgoing and friendly, extroverted
- Loquacious
- Obstinate especially in children
- Clairvoyant
- Music amel (this will always be the aspect of the case)
- Constantly need to be active
- Moods change abruptly: excessive happy+gay+laughing and singing to thoughts of death and indifference
- Prone to acts of violence
- Destructive
- Fits of rage
- Desire to strike, hit
- Lascivious even in the way they present to you
- Flirtatious
- Fears of being assaulted or attacked
MODALITIES
- < Cold aggravates pains in limbs
- > Walking in open air
- > Rubbing amel
- Excessive thirst
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