MEDICINAL HERBS USED BY CLIENTS ATTENDING CLINICAL UNITS OF SANTA MARCELINA, PORTO VELHO RO BRAZIL

  • Rosemeiry Soares Caetano FACULDADE SÃO LUCAS
  • Ana Cristina Ramos de Souza FACULDADE SÃO LUCAS
  • Leiliane Ferreira Feitoza FACULDADE SÃO LUCAS
Keywords: Common Lore, Species, Recovery.

Abstract

Many people are currently using medicinal herbs as a therapeutic alternative. Current paper tries to recover and analyze popular lore on the use of medicinal plants to cure diseases. Methodology consists of data collection by interviews with clients of clinical units of the Santa Marcelina Community in Porto Velho RO Brazil. Seventy-nine species and 46 botanic families were identified with special reference to Asteraceae and Lamiaceae with 10 and 8 species each. The most mentioned species were boldo (Plietranthus barbatus (Andrews) Bebth), crajiru (Arrabidaea chica Verlot), white lippia (Lippia alba Mill.), mastruz (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.), capim santo (Cymbopogon citratus D.C ), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus melanphioia L.), barbatimão (Stryphnodendron barbatiman M. ), aloe (Aloe vera (L.) Burm. F.) and cat´s claw (Uncaria tomentosa L.). The leaves, used as tea, are the most employed segment of the plant. Knowledge and correct use of the plants with medicinal effects are mainly therapeutic indications of low medical seriousness.

Author Biographies

Rosemeiry Soares Caetano, FACULDADE SÃO LUCAS
Bióloga pela Faculdade São Lucas, Porto Velho - RO.
Ana Cristina Ramos de Souza, FACULDADE SÃO LUCAS
Docente do Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e curadora do Herbário HFSL da Faculdade São Lucas, Porto Velho - RO.
Leiliane Ferreira Feitoza, FACULDADE SÃO LUCAS
Bióloga pela Faculdade São Lucas, Porto Velho - RO
Published
2014-03-25
Section
Promoção da Saúde