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- Title
Importância do conhecimento tradicional no uso de plantas medicinais em Buritis, MG, Brasil.
- Authors
Henrique Ferrão, Bruno; Barros de Oliveira, Helaine; de Fátima Molinari, Renata; Bicalho Teixeira, Michelle; Gatti Fontes, Gleide; Fani Amaro, Marilane de Oliveira; Barcellos da Rosa, Marcelo; Amaro de Carvalho, Camilo
- Abstract
The objective of this research was to determine the knowledge and reason for use, as well as means of obtaining and uses of medicinal plants in the city of Buritis, MG. The survey data were collected between January and July 2011. Based on a semi-structured questionnaire, 393 residents in Buritis were interviewed. Of these, 91% claimed to know and use medicinal plants, the majority (64%) women. The predominant age group was 21-40 years (50%). The main reason for the use of plants is by family tradition (77%). The part of the plant most used in homemade preparations was the sheet, the most widely used form of preparation was infused, the majority acquires medicinal plants in their own backyard. We conclude that the use of medicinal plants in the municipality studied, is traditional, but this knowledge is disappearing among the younger generations. Thus, this study contributes to the rescue of the knowledge and culture of the population studied. As soon as one of the goals of an ethnopharmacological work is the return of research results to the community, the same will be done through lectures and textbooks in schools to assist with the process of awareness about the importance of biodiversity of the Cerrado.
- Publication
Revista Ciência e Natura, 2014, p321
- ISSN
0100-8307
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5902/2179460X13233