Perfil dos Agentes Comunitários de Saúde de um Município do Estado do Paraná e sua Relação com Plantas Medicinais
Vaneza Paula Poplawski Carneiro, Mariane Pavani Gumy, Joice Karina Otênio, Durcelina Schiavoni Bortoloti, Talita Egevardt de Castro, Emerson Luiz Botelho Lourenço, Ezilda Jacomassi, Leonardo Garcia Velásquez
Abstract
Man's practice of using medicinal plants to feed, cure or alleviate disease is millennial, and knowledge about it has been passed down from generation to generation throughout the ages. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 80% of the population of developing countries makes use of this practice. Knowledge about medicinal plants can and should be considered as a field of interaction of knowledge and practices that value cultural resources, preserving biodiversity. In this context, the present work aimed to evaluate the profile of