Percepção sobre plantas medicinais na comunidade do Riacho do Algodão no Município do Congo - PB.

Abstract

The present work aimed to carry out a study of the ethnobotany of medicinal plants with residents of the Riacho do Algodão community, in the municipality of Congo-PB. For this, the following questionnaire was applied: Popular knowledge, Uses of plants, Parts of plants, Their cultivation, results obtained by plants, Parts of plants used, Methods of preparation and uses of herbal medicines, Cited number of known plants, Preference for herbal medicines or drugs and names of plants known to them. Data were collected in April 2019, based on a semi-structured questionnaire, applied to fifteen residents of the Riacho do Algodão community, aged between 29 and 80 years, in order to analyze the relevance of medicinal plants, uses and benefits reported. for each interviewee. However, 13 females and 2 males were interviewed. Regarding the use of medicinal plants for therapeutic purposes in the communities studied, 14 residents make use of medicinal plants for therapeutic purposes, and claim to have medicinal plants in their homes. Among the therapeutic indications cited by the residents of the communities, the following stand out: Healing, Cough Relief, Soothing, Throat Inflammation, Pelvic and Flu Relief. Of the 26 families cataloged, those with the highest number of species were Lamiaceae (05) and Fabaceae (04). However, it was observed that even the residents having access to drugs, they still continue with a firm conception with their tradition of cultivating their medicinal plants and giving preference to phytotherapics. In view of these Ethnobotanical reports, it would be interesting to emphasize and disseminate this knowledge to future generations.