O uso de plantas medicinais na percepção dos alunos do ensino médio da escola estadual Dr. Dionísio da Costa, Patos, Paraíba.

Abstract

The use of plants for medicinal purposes dates back to prehistoric times and is seen as one of the oldest ways of preventing and treating diseases. This work aims to assess the level of students' knowledge of medicinal plants, encouraging them to enhance this knowledge by linking them to topics such as conservation, environmental education and health. The distinction between knowledge relates to recognize them to build new thoughts and joints. The survey was conducted with 30 high school students at the State High School and College Dr. Dionisio da Costa, divided into exact groups of 10 students per class, covering all high school classes. The study was conducted through a field survey of the quantitative - descriptive type through a questionnaire with students of both sexes, seeking to assess the knowledge of each other on the use of medicinal plants. It was found that in spite of medicinal plants are part of the everyday world of middle school students, the approach of medicinal plants in the school environment is still insufficient and occurs only sporadically in biology classes , thus demonstrating that there is a part of the community school little appreciation of this theme.