Abstract
This work is an excerpt from the Master’s Dissertation that addresses MEDICINAL PLANTS IN NON-FORMAL EDUCATION: A STUDY OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BENJAMIN CONSTANT-AM. Medicinal plants, having the ability to help cure or treat various diseases, have been identified and used throughout the history of humanity. The use of plants as medicine is based on non-formal knowledge and the culture of each people. This study has the general objective of understanding how people use medicinal plants in the treatment of coronavirus only with popular knowledge, which is the basis for non-formal education. The present study reports the benefits of medicinal plants used by residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was carried out using a quantitative and qualitative approach. It can be noted that people know some benefits that medicinal plants have, having family culture as their main source of knowledge. The use of medicinal plants in the treatment of diseases goes beyond ethnic, social and geographic barriers. Phytotherapy is among the most widespread health practices in the world.
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