Zoological Name :  

Tarentula hispana

Synonyms :  

Lycosa tarentula, Aranea tarentula

Common Name :

       German : Tarental

Description

       Body stout, 3.8 cm to 5.1 cm long, grayish-brown on upper surface and deep saffron yellow on the under surface with a transverse black band. A hairy spider, with six eyes and several pairs of legs, the third pair particularly being the shortest. The margin of the thorax grey, with a radiated dorsal line of the anterior part of the dorsum, marked with triangular spots. The poison of male and female is identical. According to Dr. Mariano de la Paz Graells Pardo, the spider is most poisonous in the month of July.

History and authority:

Proved by Numez, in 1864; N.A. Journ. Of Hom,1872; Allen: Encyclop. Mat. Med., Vol. IX, 516; Hering: Guiding Symptoms, Vol, X, 249; Clarke: A directory of practical Mat. Med., Vol. III, 13721.

Sphere of action :

• Cerebrospinal system       -       Chorea & Hyperasthesia
• Circulation                       -       Contraction of vessels
• Generative organs            -       Neuralgia
• Blood                              -       Toxemia, Gangrene, Anthrax

Preparation :

a) Mother Tincture                     Drug strength
     Tarentula Hispana                            100 g
     Purified water                                300 ml
     Glycerin                                        200 ml
     Strong Alcohol                               500 ml

To make one thousand milliliters of the Mother Tincture.

b) Potencies:
    2 x to contain one part Mother Tincture, four parts Purified Water and five parts Strong Alcohol. 3x and higher with Dispensing     Alcohol.