Uso de plantas medicinais na gravidez : uma revisão integrativa

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Quézia Santos Moreira da
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Silva, Ellen Brito
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/10580
• topic: Farmácia; Ensino de farmácia; Plantas medicinais; Gravidez; Potenciais teratogênicos; Matéria médica vegetal; Medicinal plants; Pregnancy; Potential teratogenic; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FARMACIA::ANALISE E CONTROLE E MEDICAMENTOS

Medicinal plants are considered safe and effective by the population due to the idea that it is natural and does not harm, which can cause damage to health by having toxic principles. The biggest users of medicinal herbs are women, due to tradition, among them, the pregnant women, who make use of most of the time, to relieve the symptoms in pregnancy. But during this time the use of any substance can cause harm to the mother and the fetus. Therefore, knowledge of medicinal plants for pregnant women needs to be further developed to ensure effective treatment and risk assessment. Searches were conducted in the following databases: Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Science, Lilacs and ScienceDirect. Adopting as inclusion criterion: original articles, articles in the Portuguese, English and Spanish languages and articles studies with pregnant women, midwives and professionals related to the gestational period. E As an exclusion criterion: articles that did not provide the summary on the basis of indexation, animal studies, studies that did not include pregnant women. After 2227 pre-selected articles, 61 articles were analyzed to serve as a basis for the study of the most recurrent pathologies and medicinal plants in the gestational period. After analysis, symptoms related to pregnancy and different pathologies were cited and innumerable medicinal plants for the treatment of these. The most cited plant was Zingiber officinale, used by pregnant women to treat hyperemesis gravidarum, with several studies proving efficacy, and proving to be safe in pregnancy. The knowledge about medicinal plants is very widespread in the population, but those used in pregnancy have few experimental studies. Needing more studies in the area, taking into account effectiveness and safety of mother and baby.