Saberes e praticas populares no cultivo de horto medicinal

• Autor(a) principal: Heisler, Elisa Vanessa
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Manancial - Repositório Digital da UFSM
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/7435
• topic: Plantas medicinais; Enfermagem; Medicina tradicional; Conhecimento; Plants; Medicinal; Nursing; Medicine; Traditional; Knowledge; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM

Health care practices are as old as the emergence of the human species, because since the beginning of civilization are part of the family and community care activities. Among the various practices used and disseminated by popular culture, medicinal plants occupy a prominent place. Although they have been devalued by scientific knowledge, remained to the public health system margin, and are now being valued by national and international public policies that value and encourage the rescue of this millennial know. Considering the importance of the recovery of conventional wisdom for health care, this study aims to answer the research question: what are the knowledge and popular practices associated with the cultivation of medicinal plant garden in a city of Northwest Rio Grande do Sul region? To answer this question has as main objective: to know the knowledge and popular practices on the cultivation of the garden of medicinal plants in a city of Northwest Rio Grande do Sul region. And the following objectives: describe the origin of knowledge and popular practices in the medicinal garden growing in a city of Rio Grande do Sul Northwest region (RS); describe the medicinal plants grown in nurseries medicinal in a city of Northwest Rio Grande do Sul region. This is an exploratory study, structured through a qualitative research. The study subjects were 22 users of the Unified Health System (SUS) participating in the cultivation of three medicinal plant nurseries in the area of coverage of the Family Health Strategy (FHS), located in a city of Rio Grande do Sul the Northwest region. Data collection took place between April and May 2014, using a semi-structured interview, photos and observations recorded in a diary. The analysis and interpretation of data occurred through the operative protocol. The study followed the ethical precepts of the Resolution 466/12 of the National Health Council and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee with the Presentation Certificate Assessment Ethics 26605014.4.0000.5346 number. The results are presented in the scientific article format: Article 1: Cultivation of medicinal garden: knowledge and popular practices; Article 2: Plants grown in medicinal plant nurseries in a city of Northwest Rio Grande do Sul region. It was possible to identify the medicinal plant nurseries originated from initiative and incentive from the EMATER. The knowledge and practices for cultivation and management of the plants come from the knowledge and popular culture, highlighting the figure of the woman as the main knowledgeable and transmitting this knowledge. The nurseries are composed of 12 plants, which were indicated by EMATER and come from the yards of the cultivators. Finally there is the importance of nurses' approach to the cultivation of medicinal plant nurseries, in that these constitute itself as an important strategy for the development of promotion and health education focused on the theme medicinal plants.