FIDELIS, N. B.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8169108492454313; FIDELIS, Nicodemos Barros.
Abstract:
Brazil had in its colonial and imperial period the use of slave labor made up of black men
and women brought from Africa, in the baggage the memory of a people rich in traditions
and knowledge in handling the land, in the use of plants for their food and treat diseases by
passing this knowledge from generation to generation. In the search for freedom in escape
from the oppressive regime maintained by the colonized, Quilombola Communities were
formed throughout Brazil, a symbol of the struggle and resistance of the Black people. This
study aims to carry out a survey of medicinal plants used in the Grilo quilombola community
in Riachão do Bacamarte – PB. For this, the following methodological procedures were used:
a) survey of references; b) documentary survey and; c) application of questionnaires. The
following results were found: The 30 interviewees were predominantly women (76.6%), the
elderly and those with knowledge represent 20%, and 56.7% first seek treatment with
medicinal plants in case of illness in the family, with a high degree of satisfaction among 73
.4% of respondents. Although this research clearly points to the use of medicinal plants by
its residents, in the PEC it shows that not one of the 269 self-declared quilombolas use them,
and the lack of community/UBS interaction is clear in the 93.4% of interviewees who state
that doctors and nurses never recommended the use of medicinal plants as a health treatment,
this work pointing out the need for better integration between local culture and health
workers in order to exchange knowledge, value local culture and respect traditions.
