What happens to someone who is stung by a tarantula?

Galen says that a tarantula's bite does not penetrate as deeply as a scorpion's bite, so it does not hit the nerve, and the bitten area in most cases does not turn blue. The scientist who claims that there are six varieties of tarantula, and calls them by the above names, says that they all have this in common, that the bitten place swells, in rare cases it is red, and in most cases it is dark green both in this very place and near it. It feels itchy, sometimes the itching spreads to the legs. Other scientists add that there is no very strong bulge or great burning at the site of the bite, but he is the first to say that in the organs rich in nerves, that is, for example, in the knees, in the lower back, in the back, in the shoulders, after the bite a cold is constantly felt, and sometimes the whole body becomes cold, shaking and trembling. This scientist says: In this case, severe, excruciating pain is felt, insomnia and a yellowing of the complexion are observed. The eyes seem wetter than usual, and tears are constantly falling. In the lower abdomen and especially near the pubis, there is a feeling of emptiness and emptiness, and nature pushes watery matter up and down, and in this matter something like a spider’s web sometimes appears. There is swelling in the groins and testicles, and in the joints there is a tightness like cramping, so that they can hardly stretch straight. Pain in the cardia and nausea appear, the body exudes cold sweat and often a pain is felt in the head, similar to a headache in those suffering from leopard.

Others add that yellowness appears in the face, heaviness in the body, burning in the urine, sometimes accompanied by retention and often a cobweb-like appearance coming out with the urine. Strong tension arises in the penis, knees, pubis, and also in the stomach, the tongue becomes weaker and stiffer, and the pain intensifies.

According to the first scientist, the bite of the sixth variety of tarantulas, which he spoke about, is distinguished by severe pain and very strong compression of the stomach with very significant twitching. This is what this scientist says. As for the detailed division of symptoms mentioned by Galen and others, they say that with regard to the red tarantula, it can be said that from its bite there is a slight, quickly passing pain, and from the bite of a black and spotted one, the pain is severe and is accompanied by a goose-skin sensation of cold, trembling and heaviness in the thighs. The bite of a white tarantula with a round belly and a small mouth causes mild pain with itching, pain, relaxation of the stomach and diarrhea. As for the star-shaped one, the pain from its bite is severe and is accompanied by itching, goose bumps, numbness, heaviness in the head and weakening of the body. The grape tarantula causes severe pain at the site of impact, coldness throughout the body, goose bumps, trembling, cusaz, pouring cold sweat, loss of voice, numbness throughout the body, swelling of the abdomen, tension in the penis, erection and involuntary ejaculation of semen and cloudy urine.

And the black smoky tarantula is especially bad - it causes stomach pain, frequent constant vomiting, headaches, incessant coughing and urinary retention, and it kills quickly. As for the yellow, fluffy tarantula, the pain from its bite is very strong, and it causes shaking, cold sweat, bloating and often kills.

Some add, when describing the bite of a grape tarantula, something else regarding erection, tension of the penis, disappearance of the voice, ejaculation of semen and cusaz, but their words are not so reliable that I take them into account.

As for the ant tarantula, its bite is safe and slightly painful. The tarantula, similar to the Spanish fly, causes swelling in the body and heaviness in the tongue.

The bite of a wasp-like tarantula causes swelling in the bitten area, cusaz, irresistible hibernation and weakness in the knees. As for the lenticular tarantula, it is very nasty and the symptoms from its bite are of the same kind as from the grape one, but more severe than the symptoms from the grape one. The Egyptian tarantula is also bad; it causes severe headaches and hibernation, followed by quick death.

Treatment also consists of applying the general rules of pulling, sucking out the venom, pouring hot salt water over the bitten area and administering teryak mentioned in the paragraphs on scorpio. Baths and baths most quickly soothe pain in such patients: when they immerse themselves in the bath, the pain subsides, and when they leave, it returns, so they should be bathed every hour.

A good teryak against tarantula, sea dragon and various breeds of snakes. They say that from an injection, for example, samuriya and turugurun give this kind of medicine, they take white pepper, aristolochia, blue iris root, spikenard, saliva, wild carrot seeds, black hellebore, Abyssinian cumin, wild carob leaves, afronitrune, pomegranate flower calyxes, hare rennet , Chinese cinnamon, crayfish, maya, squeezed poppy juice and balsam tree grains - one ukiya each. All this is pounded, kneaded with squeezed caper juice and turned into flat cakes   each flat cake weighs a darakhmi, and this makes up one serving. They serve these cakes with wine. And some recipes say white iris root, balsam tree branches, clover seeds, cypress cones, celery seeds.

A tried and tested recipe against this is to take pine nuts, Abyssinian cumin, leaves and bark of the plane tree, wild carrot seeds, black chickpeas, especially wild ones, and myrtle berries. A very good medicine. Yarrow seeds, dill seeds, aristolochia, tamarisk seeds, squeezed juice of tenacious, milky juice of wild lettuce, any of these medicines are given in two bowls of wine.

Wine in which cypress cones were boiled, especially with cinnamon, also helps, as well as crayfish soup, goose soup, and a decoction of asparagus roots with wine. Among the good medicines that are given in combination are aristolochia and cumin, taken in equal parts per dose, they give three dirhams in hot water.

The recipe of the tested Teryak is against this. They take nigella - ten dirhams, wild carrot and cumin seeds - five dirhams each, juniper berries, cypress cones - both three dirhams, fragrant sumbul, laurel drupes, round aristolochia, balsam tree grains, Chinese cinnamon, gentian, wild seeds carrots, celery seeds - two dirhams each and kneaded with honey. At the reception they give about javza in old wine.