Laboratório de Eletrofisiologia e Farmacologia Cardiovascular (LEFaC), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, km 12, P.O. Box 533, Dourados, MS, 79.804-970, Brazil.
Laboratório de Pesquisa Pré-Clínica em Produtos Naturais, Universidade Paranaense, Umuarama, PR, Brazil.
J Relig Health. 2019 Apr;58(2):572-588. doi: 10.1007/s10943-018-0713-0.
Although the traditional use of medicinal plants is a very widespread practice in Brazil, there are still few studies aimed at native prescribers, known as healers. The aim of this work was to catalog the medicinal species prescribed by remaining healers of the Grande Dourados region, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with support of a standardized questionnaire for remaining healers selected using the "snowball" technique. The medicinal species selected were collected, identified, and classified according to the British National Formulary. Remaining healers were identified in seven municipalities in the region of Grande Dourados. Family, divine revelation, and participation of the Catholic Church were the most important sources of knowledge. Seventy-one medicinal species, mainly herbaceous belonging to Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, Amaranthaceae, and Verbenaceae families, were the most prescribed. Most species are used in the treatment of digestive and cardiovascular diseases, in addition to immune and respiratory diseases. Healers from the region of Grande Dourados maintain considerable ethno-knowledge about the medicinal properties of different medicinal species. Sharing this information values their culture and preserves the knowledge for future generations.
虽然在巴西，药用植物的传统使用是一种非常普遍的做法，但针对被称为治疗师的本土处方医生的研究仍然很少。这项工作的目的是对巴西南马托格罗索州大杜拉多斯地区剩余治疗师所开的药用物种进行编目。通过“滚雪球”技术选择剩余的治疗师，使用标准化问卷进行半结构化访谈。选择的药用物种是根据英国国家处方集收集、鉴定和分类的。在大杜拉多斯地区的七个城市中发现了剩余的治疗师。家庭、神的启示和天主教会的参与是最重要的知识来源。71 种药用物种，主要是草本植物，属于菊科、唇形科、苋科和马鞭草科，是最常被开的处方。大多数物种用于治疗消化和心血管疾病，以及免疫和呼吸道疾病。大杜拉多斯地区的治疗师对不同药用物种的药用特性保持着相当丰富的民族知识。分享这些信息可以重视他们的文化，并为后代保存知识。
