Zoological Name	:	Tarentula Hispanica, Lycos tarentula, Aronea tarentula
Family	:	Lycosidae
Synonyms	:	German Tarentel
Description	:	Body stout 3.8 cm to 5.1 cm long greyish brown in upper surface and deep saffron yellow on under surface with a transverse black band. A heavy spider, with six eyes and several pairs of leg, the 3rd pair particularly being the shortest. The margin of the thorax grey with a radiated dorsal line on 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.
Distribution	:	South America and South of Europe especially Spain.
Part used	:	The entire spider.
Identification	:	About 2 mg mixed with 2drops of dilute yellow solution of ammonium polysulphide in a micro test tube, warm, centrifuge and add soluble sodium sulphide; grey to block turbidity or precipitate is produced.
History & Authority	:	Proved by Numez, in1864; N.A.Journ of Hom, 1872; Allen: Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica Vol IX 516; Hering: Guiding Symptoms, Vol X 249; Clarke: A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, Vol III 13721.
Preparation:		a) Mother tincture Q Drug Strength 1/10 Tarentula hispanica 100 g Glycerin 200ml Purified water 300ml Strong Alcohol 500ml To make One thousand milliliter of Mother Tincture.
b) Potencies	:	2x to contain one part of Mother Tincture, four parts of purified water and five part of strong alcohol. 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
		c) Trituration 1x Drug Strength 1/10 Tarentula Hispanica 100g Saccharum Lactis 900g To make one thousand grams of the Trituration.
d) Potency	:	3x and higher to be triturated and 6x may be converted to liquid 8x
Caution	:	Poisonous not to be prescribed below 3x.