Abstract
The objective of this study was to analyze the context of the management of people from traditional quilombola community, in relation to the use of plant species and allopathic drugs used in treatment of pain. Questionnaires were used to determine the socio-demographic profile and the interview-semi-structured method with participants adopted. The analysis of data was done by statistics for the socio-demographic variables and the discourse of the collective subject to interpret the contents of the interview. There were 52 residents interviewed, predominantly (67%) by female. Most of the participants have low education level and the main occupational activity is agriculture. In the treatment of pain, herbal teas were considered the preferred method by the participants. Some used allopathic medicines, but attribute to plants the meaning of greater effectiveness in therapy. It has also been noted that informants did not use concomitant drugs and plants because of the fear of poisoning. It is concluded that there is a shortage of studies on the representations and meanings of the preference of inhabitants of traditional localities, considering plant species and industrialized drugs specific for pain, as well as for the treatment of diseases in general. Thus, it is expected that this work will arouse the interest of researchers in studying more about popular knowledge and health management. Key words: Popular knowledge, pain, medicinal plants.
Highlights
The definition of pain is of a sensitive and/or emotional nature experience, linked to a tissue or potential injury, and may be capable of causing some impairment in quality of life (Haeffner et al, 2012)
Related to a pathological process or not, pain is among the main reasons that lead the population to seek health services (Holtz and Neto, 2008; Nascimento and Kreling, 2011)
Several methods have been sought in the treatment of pain with a view to relief or cure, mainly by those who coexist with chronic pain, arising from conditions such as rheumatic diseases
Summary
The definition of pain is of a sensitive and/or emotional nature experience, linked to a tissue or potential injury, and may be capable of causing some impairment in quality of life (Haeffner et al, 2012). Related to a pathological process or not, pain is among the main reasons that lead the population to seek health services (Holtz and Neto, 2008; Nascimento and Kreling, 2011) In this view, several methods have been sought in the treatment of pain with a view to relief or cure, mainly by those who coexist with chronic pain, arising from conditions such as rheumatic diseases. The use of medicinal plants is one of the most common and the oldest therapies among civilizations (Bavaresco et al, 2016) In this context, Brazil is one of the countries that has the largest and most important species biodiversity (around 20% of the world total), with an estimated number of 350,000 to 550,000, of which 55,000 are already cataloged. This scenario is due to the tropical characteristics of the country and the distribution of this diversity is wide, considering all regions of the territory (Ribeiro et al, 2014)
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