Levantamento sobre plantas medicinais comercializadas em Patos e cidades circunvizinhas: abordagem popular (raizeiros) e abordagem científica (levantamento bibliográfico).

Abstract

Survey on medicinal plants commercialized in Patos and surrounding cities: popular approach (raizeiros) and scientific approach (bibliographic survey). This was a survey of the use of medicinal plants, marketed in the city of Patos – PB and surrounding area represents, in our perception, a mutual engagement between the community and university, rescuing and preserving the popular knowledge. The methodology took into account interviews with informants in its stores with its direct participation, by direct observation in samples of plants and the literature search. The informants were questioned about the plants known, parts used, types of uses in the region, methods of preparation and diseases treated. The search resulted in informing the 50 most frequent species, the leaves are the most used and tea the most widely used form of preparation. 65% of the plants studied are native and exotic 35%, distributed in 32 families, and most of them belonging to families Leguminosae, Anacardiaceae, Asteraceae, and Lamiaceae Mytaceae. With these results, it appears that knowledge of the people interviewed on the medicine using plants, is part of their daily environment and its history of life, and served as a basis for the formation of this report shows that a considerable number of plant species used as an alternative in the treatment of diseases of all kinds, especially the most needy populations.