Etnofarmacologia na comunidade quilombola São Sebastião da Boa Vista, município de Santos Dumont / MG

Abstract

Traditional communities, such as the quilombolas, descendants of slaves, use natural resources as therapeutic resources for the treatment of diseases. The objective of this research is to realize a quilombola community ethnopharmacological study in São Sebastião da Boa Vista , the city of Santos Dumont, MG / Brazil . 19 months of fieldwork were driven methods of anthropology, botany and zoology . A self-styled reference of each of the 26 homes in the community was selected for the study. Value of Use and Agreement Uses major fixed plant analyzes were used. A total of 108 plants and three animals were cited in 139 recipes comprising 31 therapeutic purposes. These were included in 15 categories of use, especially: respiratory diseases, diseases of the circulatory system, diseases of the skin and tissue, genitourinary diseases, intestinal infectious diseases. Of the 26 that make use of local medicine, there is a witch and a prayer maker. 106 plants, 101 of which were identified to specific level and seis to genus were raised. Of these 101 species, 40 % are native to Brazil and most exotic is from Asia and Europe, totaling 49 botanical families. Therapeutic resources vegetables not mentioned with their respective uses were " bull's horn " to worm and stomachache , " hull Armadillo " for sinusitis , " herringbone " into memory and " clay " to anemia. Based on the Value of Use, the 10 plants that stood out and all four are native showed coincidence as the principal use and their pharmacological activity reported in the scientific literature. Therefore, the community makes use of plants and animals for therapeutic purposes and the use of these plants is backed by scientific knowledge, but the study revealed the relevant use and compromising of exotic species.