Use of medicinal plants by black women: ethnography study in a low-income community

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Patricia Lima Ferreira Santa Rosa¹  Luiza Akiko Komura Hoga¹  Mônica Feitosa Santana¹  Pâmela Adalgisa Lopes Silva¹ 

关键词: Plants;    medicinal;    Blacks;    Anthropology;    cultural;    Women’s health;    Qualitative research;    Plantas medicinales;    Negros;    Antropología cultural;    Salud de la mujer;    Investigación cualitativa;    Plantas medicinais;    Negros;    Antropologia cultural;    Saúde da mulher;    Pesquisa qualitativa;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420140000600007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective To explore beliefs, values and practices related to the use of medicinal plants among low-income black families. Method The research method was ethnography and the participant observation process was done in a low-income community in the peripheral area of the City of São Paulo. Twenty black women were interviewed. Results Two cultural sub-themes, I do use medicines that I learned to make with my mother and with religious practitioners to care for diseases and Home medicines are to treat problems that are not serious, and the cultural theme I do use home medicines to treat simple diseases because I always have them at my disposal, they are free and I don’t need a medical prescription represent beliefs, values, and practices related to the use of medicinal plants among low-income black families. Conclusion The development of such practices, which can hide ethnic and social vulnerability, reveals the resilience of low-income black women in the process of confronting problems during the health-illness process.

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