Tarentula cubensis
Remedy of septic conditions with burning, stinging, and abscess formation. Carbuncles, boils, and abscesses of the most malignant type. Burning like fire. Gangrene. Restlessness with septic prostration.
Source
Prepared from the Cuban tarantula spider, Mygale cubana.
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Keynote Symptoms
Septic states with burning pain and abscess formation. Carbuncles — large, angry, burning like fire, with septic prostration. Gangrene with bluish discoloration. Intermittent fevers with great prostration. Atrocious burning pains. Abscess in any location with threatening sepsis. Anthrax-like conditions.
Mind & Emotional Symptoms
Restless, tossing about. Delirium in septic states. Dullness. Fear of death.
General Symptoms
Sepsis with burning, stinging, and prostration. Worse from night, cold, damp, touch. Better from smoking, open air.
Physical Symptoms
Skin
Carbuncles — the chief indication. Large, angry, extremely painful with atrocious burning. Bluish, purplish hue. Gangrene. Diphtheria with sloughing. Erysipelas with sepsis. Anthrax. Boils. Abscesses. Cellulitis.
Throat
Diphtheria with gangrenous tendency. Quinsy with threatened sepsis.
Abdomen
Abscess. Septic peritonitis.
Female Genitalia
Vulvar abscess. Septic conditions post-partum.
Fever / Chill / Perspiration
Septic fever. Intermittent fever with prostration. Chills and heat.
Modalities
Better From
Smoking, open air
Worse From
Night, cold, damp, touch, exertion
Constitutional Type
Not constitutional. Used for acute septic states, especially carbuncles and abscesses with threatened sepsis.
Clinical Indications
Carbuncles, septic abscesses, gangrene, anthrax, diphtheria with sloughing, cellulitis, septic fever, malignant boils
Comparative Materia Medica
Anthracinum has similar carbuncle/anthrax picture. Arsenicum has burning pains with restlessness and anxiety. Pyrogenium has sepsis with pulse-temperature dissociation. Echinacea has blood poisoning but less burning.
Safety Information
Arsenicum album.
The Cuban tarantula bite can cause significant local tissue damage. Use only potentised forms.
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