Tarantula; Cuban and Spanish-Araneidea
General
Adapted to highly nervous organisms, especially chronic affections where the 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, Ruta.] Hyperaesthesia: least excitement irritates, followed by languid sadness; extreme, of tips and fingers. Slight touch along the spine provokes spasmodic pain in chest and cardiac region. Headache: intense, as if thousands of needles were pricking in the brain. Abscesses, 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 the pillow. At every menstrual nisus, throat mouth and tongue intolerably dry, especially when sleeping [Nux m.]. Sexual excitement extreme to mania; spasms of uterus; pruritus vulvae becomes intolerable.
Relations
Similar: to, Apis, Crot., Lach., Plat., Mygale, Naja, Ther.
Aggravation
Motion; contact; touch of affected parts; noise; change of weather.
Amelioration
In open air: music; rubbing affected parts. Termini of nerves became so irritated and sensitive that some kind of friction was necessary to obtain relief.