Plantas medicinais no tratamento dos transtornos de ansiedade e depressão: revisão da literatura.

Abstract

Anxiety disorders and depression are impediments to a healthy and satisfying life, and in recent years, the incidence of these health conditions has shown a significant worldwide growth. Conventional drug treatments are the first option treatment, mainly in the public health system, but they present some disadvantages, including serious adverse effects and high cost, making it difficult to access medicines. The objective of this work was to carry out a literature review descriptive integrative, on the use of medicinal plants as therapeutic alternatives for the management of anxiety and depression, providing information on the most used plants popularly, phytotherapics, forms of use and side effects, evidencing its effectiveness and better acceptance by patients, as a way to bring well-being and health back without compromising the treatment. A literature review was carried out on scientific bases such as Scielo, Pubmed, Google Scholar and the Virtual Health Library (VHL). using as descriptors (Anxiety, Depression, Herbal Medicines, Medicinal Plants, Anxiolytics, Therapies complementary services, Mental Health). According to the research, 8 articles were selected that corresponded to the topic of interest to which they showed that plants with properties anxiolytics and antidepressants help to control the symptoms and in some cases even stopped with the same. This work shows that plants such as Crataegus oxyacanth, Piper methysticum, Hypericum perforatum, Valeriana officinalis and Passiflora incarnata have beneficial effects of controlling symptoms of anxiety and depression, with no manifestation of side effects severe side effects of low cost and easy access to the population.