Implantação de horto medicinal na atenção primária como instrumento de promoção de saúde: relato de experiência

Abstract

The use of medicinal plants has been growing steadily in Dentistry, due to its great phytotherapic importance, low cost and easy access. The report brings the experience of the implantation of a medicinal garden in the Basic Health Unit Rita Palmeira, in the city of Patos. Paraíba, Northeast Brazil, by the students of the Biological Sciences and Dentistry course at the Federal University of Campina Grande. The medicinal garden cultivates the use of medicinal species for the treatment and cure of diseases. There happened the cultivation of some plants present in the Caatinga region, such as Aloe Vera, Mint leaf and Terramicina. In addition to cultivation, lectures were given to the people present, thus disseminating knowledge among students and professionals from different health areas, in addition to the community served by that unit.

A review ethnopharmacology of Rosaceae fruit species

“…It is noted through several studies on phytotherapy programs and actions that the insertion of phytotherapics and medicinal plants in primary health care has optimized access to other types of therapies. In addition to the synthesis of medicines, it provides the strengthening of the implementation of public policies, encouraging local development, as well as the recovery of traditional knowledge of communities (Alencar et al, 2020). These, in turn, are factors that contribute to scientific research and the development of the critical view of professionals with the population, on the importance of using medicinal and herbal plants (Rocha, Neffa & Leandro, 2014).…”