This essay presents a brief criticalreflective analysis of the implementation process of Integrative and Complementary Practices -PIC in the unified health system -SUS. The text comprises an analytical, descriptive, critical-reflective and concise review of the literature, presenting PIC as a global approach to salutogenesis, which serves as an orientation for people to be empowered in the continuous search for resources to face the challenges diaries of life and thus promote well-being and health.