Practices and knowledge: the various faces that allow the use of plants in popular medicine

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https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1981-1268.2020v14n3.50874

Abstract

The use of medicinal plants in human care is an ancient practice, present since the dawn of civilization. Thus, the objective of the present study is to consolidate a socioeconomic, socio-environmental and sociocultural analysis of the ethnobotanical components used as medicine in the yards of the Community of the District of Vila Aparecida in the municipality of Cáceres-MT.The ethnobotanical study was carried out with residents of the Community of the District of Vila Aparecida, Cáceres - MT, between the months of June and November 2018 and developed in 3 stages: Identification of participants; Structured and unstructured interviews recorded and Collection of botanical material. 16 backyards were studied in which 94 species were registered, distributed in 40 botanical families used by the community for medicinal purposes. These are often used to combat a set of 80 different diseases, which are distributed in 11 systems of the human body. It is crucial to develop educational actions aiming to raise public awareness with the intention of conserving and maintaining knowledge, as well as the sustainable use of natural resources present in backyards.

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Aumeri Carlos Bampi, UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO - UNEMAT

Philosopher, PhD in Philosophy and Educational Sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain. Post-doctorate in Psychology from the University of São Paulo (USP). Post-Graduate Document in Environmental Sciences (PPGCA) and Geography (PPGEO) from the State University of Mato Grosso - UNEMAT. Coordinator and researcher of the ANTROPOSFERA Group, Campus de Sinop.

Maria Antonia Carniello, UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO - UNEMAT

Graduated - Degree in Sciences - 1982; graduation - Full Degree in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences and Letters of Votuporanga (1983), graduation in Physics from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (1991), Master in Education (Education and Environment-Teaching of Botany) from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (1998), PhD in Plant Biology (Ethnobotanical Sub-area) by the State University "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Rio Claro / SP (2007). Belongs to the faculty / researchers at the State University of Mato Grosso / UNEMAT, effective (1990 - currently). Director of the Institute of Natural and Technological Sciences at UNEMAT (1998-2002). He works in the field of Botany, mainly in the following subjects: Botany of Phanerogamous Plants, Biodiversity and Conservation Studies (Composition, Structure and Ethnocognition of the vegetal component of the Pantanal, Cerrado and Amazonian domain. Ethnobotany: agrobiodiversity of small urban and rural properties, backyards. and plant conservation Environmental education Coordinator of a research project linked to the Livestock Network - Pantanal Research Center / CPP- Research team / UNEMAT - UFMT (2004-2008) She was coordinator of an interinstitutional research project - UNEMAT -UFMT - EMBRAPA, financed by the Amapro Research Foundation of Mato Grosso (FAPEMAT 2008-2010), Deputy Director of the Botanical Society of Brazil - Regional Section Midwest (2006-2008 and 2015 - 2017), curator of the Herbarium of Pantanal HPAN from 2009. Research member at Rede Bionorte (2011 - 2015), Project: Morphofunctional traits of forest species (partnership Vi sitante Sem Fronteira - Foreigner - 2015 - 2017); Biodiversity Erosion Project in the Pantanal (2016 - 2018), PELD III - Southwest Mato Grosso Research Team (2016 - 2018), Southwest Mato Grosso Forests Project (2016 -2018). Integrated actions partnership - UNEMAT - ICMBIO (HPAN - Esec da Serra das Araras and Ecological Station of Taimã, MT (2014 to present). Advisor in the Master and Doctorate Program in Environmental Sciences - PPGCA, UNEMAT, Cáceres, MT.

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2020-09-30

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JAÝNE SANTOS BORGES; AUMERI CARLOS BAMPI; MARIA ANTONIA CARNIELLO. Practices and knowledge: the various faces that allow the use of plants in popular medicine. Gaia Scientia, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 3, 2020. DOI: 10.22478/ufpb.1981-1268.2020v14n3.50874. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/gaia/article/view/50874. Acesso em: 19 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2020)

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Ciências Ambientais

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