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Tarentula

Lycosa tarentula
6 entries across 6 books
PreparationTincture of the living spiders. Clarke
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No dose stated in the library’s booksDose · Allen

Reason for use

Adapted to highly nervous organisms, especially choleric affections where whole body, or right arm and left leg are affected (left arm and right leg, Agar.). Constant movement of the legs, arms, trunk, with inability to do anything; twitching and jerking of muscles. Restlessness, could not keep quiet in any position; must keep in motion, though walking < all symptoms (rev. of Rhus, Ruta). Hyperaesthesia: least excitement irritates, followed by languid sadness; extreme of tips of fingers. Slight touch along the spine provokes spasmodic pain in chest and cardiac region. Headache: intense, as if thousands of needles were pricking the brain. Absceses, boils, felons, affected parts of a bluish color (Lach.), and atrocious burning pain (Anth., Ars.); the agony of a felon, compelling patient to walk the floor for nights. Malignant ulcers; carbuncle, anthrax; gangrene. Symptoms appear periodically. Headache, neuralgic < by noise, touch, strong light, > by rubbing head against pillow. At every menstrual nisus, throat, mouth and tongue intolerably dry, specially when sleeping (Nux m.). Sexual excitement extreme even to mania; spasms of uterus pruritis vulva becomes intolerable.

▲ Worse

Motion; contact; touch of affected parts; noise; change of weather

▼ Better

In open air; music; rubbing affected parts. Termini of nerves becomes so irritated and sensitive that some kind of friction was necessary to obtain refief

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Relations

Similar: to, Apis, Crot., Lach., Plat., Mygale, Naja, Ther.

Complete text of the Tarentula entry in Allen - Keynotes of Leading Remedies; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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More on Tarentula

Simple remedy · Plant

6 entries across 6 books · Family: Araneideae

Remedies said to end or reduce the action of Tarentula, for example if it has caused an unwanted reaction. What is an antidote?

Antidoted byNo antidote recorded in these books

Remedies whose action Tarentula is said to end or reduce.

Entries

3 Clarke

Tarentula · John Henry Clarke · 24,913 chars

4 Hering

Tarentula · Constantine Hering · 42,824 chars

5 Allen · shown above

Tarentula · Henry C. Allen · 1,572 chars

14 T. F. Allen

TARENTULA · Timothy Field Allen · 442 chars

21 Hale

Tarentula · Edwin Moses Hale · 5,876 chars

23 T. F. Allen

TARENTULA · Timothy Field Allen · 663 chars

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Research (4)

Papers in PubMed that mention this remedy together with homeopathy, newest first.

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  1. The therapeutic effect of Tarentula cubensis extract (Theranekron®) in foot-and-mouth disease in cattle: a randomised trial in an endemic settingLotfollahzadeh S, Alizadeh MR, Mohri M et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2012 · Randomized Controlled Trial · doi
  2. The toxicology of Latrodectus tredecimguttatus: the Mediterranean Black Widow spiderBonnet MS · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2004 · Review · doi
  3. The brown spider Loxosceles laeta: source of the remedy Tarentula cubensis?Richardson-Boedler C · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2002 · Review · doi
  4. The widow spider Latrodectus tredecimguttatus: source of the remedy Tarentula hispanica?Richardson-Boedler C · The British homoeopathic journal · 2001 · Review

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