Sowing health: growing a medicinal garden in Primary Care, an experience report

• Autor(a) principal: Monteiro, Gabriel Brito de Moura
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Pessoa, Bruno Henrique Soares
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbmfc.org.br/rbmfc/article/view/3046
• topic: Primary health care; Phytotherapy; Plants, medicinal; Gardens.; Atenção primária à saúde; Fitoterapia; Plantas medicinais; Jardins.; Atención primaria de salud; Fitoterapia; Plantas medicinales; Jardines.

Problem: Currently, the paradigm of health production is lavished by a myriad of commercial interests, gallant in the biomedical model that overestimates modern scientific knowledge. Even though they are discredited by scientific sovereignty, about 70% of the popular use of medicinal plants is scientifically confirmed and this non-institutional knowledge is common in everyday practices. According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), 80% of the population in developing countries use traditional practices in primary health care and, of that total, 85% make use of medicinal plants. In Brazil, approximately 82% of Brazilians use herbal products to take care of their health. Before this mismatch, primary health care highlights as a strategic space to fertilize the terrain of herbal practices. Methodology: This is a descriptive, qualitative, experience report type study, on the development of a medicinal garden located in a Family Health Unit in the city of Recife, Pernambuco. A systematic record of activities was used by making a field diary with a photographic record, complemented by a bibliographical survey and documentary research. Results: The project passed through the Informational, Structural and Planting stages, gathering several types of knowledge based on the spirit of multiprofessionality and community participation. In the end, efforts culminated in the growth of a medicinal garden, providing a space for the exchange of learning and experiences. Conclusion: Can be concluded that the structuring of a medicinal garden in the scope of primary health care calls for a prodigious potential in strengthening the principles that guide this level of care, repositioning the user to the center of the care model and expanding the effective therapeutic options and low cost.