Herbal Medicines used for constipation commercialized in a drugstore in the city of Manaus - AM

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Júlia Costa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Figueiredo, Tamyle Barros, Silva, Vivian Moreira da, Silva, Marcos Túlio da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/23047
• topic: Herbal medicines; Constipation;; Marketing.; Fitoterápicos; Constipação; Comercialização.; Medicamentos a base de hierbas; Estreñimiento; Comercialización.

Objectives: This study has as main objective to identify through quantitative and descriptive survey which are the most sold herbal medicines used for the treatment of constipation marketed by a drugstore in the city of Manaus. Methods: list which herbal medicines for constipation were sold in August 2019 to August 2020; present the types of herbal medicines that act on constipation; list the medicines that were sold for constipation and score the results if used rationally. This work is an exploratory and descriptive research conducted in a drugstore located in the city of Manaus, Amazonas. Results: the most sold herbal medicine for intestinal constipation was the medicine with the medicinal plants Senna alexandrina and Cassia fistula with 40% (Laboratory A), right after that which contained the medicinal plant Plantago ovata (35%), Senna alexandrina and Cassia fistula (Laboratory B) (13%) and Aloe ferox and Gentiana lutea (12%), between August 2019 to August 2020. Conclusion: irrational use of herbal medicines cause adverse side effects, however with proper dosage the results are positive.