Home use of medicinal plants by users of the Basic Health Units of the municipality of Toledo, Paraná

• Autor(a) principal: Alencar, Queren Hapuque Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Dagna Karen, Santos, Mauricio Bedim dos, Manetti, Camila Lopes, Guevara, Fernanda Morinigo, Florência, Gabriela Rodrigues Moreira, Silva, Aline Daniel da, Buzin, Gabrielle, Souza, Luana Pacheco de, Souza, Isaque Donizett Silva de, Andrade, Sonia Mara, Ruths, Jéssica Cristina, Teixeira, Kádima Nayara
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Fitos
• Texto Completo: https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/1120
• topic: Fitoterapia; Perfil epidemiológico; Unidades Básicas de Saúde; Fins terapêuticos.; Phytotherapy; Epidemiological profile; Basic Health Units; Therapeutic purposes

The empirical use of medicinal plants is worldwide widespread practice, whose purpose is based on the relief/cure of some diseases. The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiological profile of the home use of these plants by users of seven Basic Health Units with a Family Health Strategy team in the city of Toledo/Paraná. A questionnaire was applied to 324 people and data analysis showed that 89.50% of the interviewees used medicinal plants, of which 91.38% were female, 42% aged between 21 and 40 years, 30% without completing elementary school and 45.48% with per capita income between 01 and 03 minimum wages. The leaves were the most used parts of the plants (45.10%), the predominant preparation mode was the tea in infusion (30.86%) and 83.64% were aware of the use of plants passed on by family members. A total of 1,082 citations of 120 plant species were recorded and 50% are not registered in the Brazilian Common Name of the Health Surveillance Agency; among them are species whose knowledge of commonsense is so widespread that it refers to the unbelief of lack of scientific studies for the aforementioned purpose, conferring the false idea of absence of health risk.