Utilização de plantas medicinais pela população de Cuité - PB na atenção primária à saúde.

Abstract

With the creation of the Unified Health System (SUS), established the universal service and its entirety. As a result, it started to appreciate the multiple forms of treatment. Within this new approach, the use of Medicinal Plants has won many fans among health professionals, managers and SUS users and between teachers and university researchers. The objective was to analyze the use of medicinal plants by the population of Cuité-PB and its implementation in the Family Health Strategies. Applied method consists of two steps: A follow-up study cohort, the scientific classification of medicinal plants identified from the popular knowledge, research inclusion of herbal medicine in primary care. The research was exploratory, descriptive and field, being held in the period April-May 2015 by interviewing application semi-structured questionnaires previously developed containing information about plants. In total 104 interviews were conducted with the proper filling of Informed Consent and Informed (IC). The results will give us the clarity of the importance of follow-up of specialized and trained professionals to such activity, so that there are security and successful implementation of the method.