Análise do conhecimento e uso de plantas medicinais junto a um grupo de usuários atendidos pela unidade básica de saúde do bairro São Sebastião, Palhoça, SC

• Ano de defesa: 2019
• Autor(a) principal: Wilson, Karen Serra de Castro
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Etnobotânica; Plantas Medicinais; Saúde pública
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/3044

Introduction: To provide safety and quality of medicinal plants uses by Brazilian population, is propitious to institute these practices in public health policies. Objective: The present study aimed to interpret and analyze the use of medicinal plants in the Primary Health Care center in São Sebastião neighborhood, Palhoça, SC. Methods: The informants were selected by the snowball method, a non-probabilistic sampling (n=30). Sociodemographic and ethnobotanical data were recorded through semistructured interviews, along with photo identification of the botanical species. Sociodemographic data and answers over general uses about medicinal plants were analyzed by descriptive statistics. In addition, quantitative analysis was carried out with UV, IR, CUPc, and FCI indexes, and diseases were organized according to ICD-10. Results: Among the interviewees, 86.6% were women and 96.6% were over 30 years of age. The most mentioned plant part used in the preparations was the leaf (81.9%), and the most referred preparation method was infusion (69.5%). A total of 142 species were mentioned and 47 of these (33%) were confirmed in comparison with the images of the reference book. The more important species were Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf (VU= 0.60, RI= 84.5%, CUPc= 58% [as sedative]), followed by Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC. (VU= 0.63, IR=92.5%). In addition, a maximum value was recorded for herbs use on Mental and Behavioral Disorders (FCI= 0.66). Conclusion: The results are important for the health professionals of the Basic Health Care Unit of São Sebastião, Palhoça / SC to supply qualified and culturally suitable health services, as well as to collaborate establishing the uses cited in this study.