Plantas medicinais e fitoterapia na atenção primária à saúde: relato de experiência

Abstract

Introduction: Integrative and complementary practices in health seek to stimulate the natural mechanisms of disease prevention and health recovery through effective and safe technologies, attested from traditional use and that can be associated with conventional biomedical therapies. These practices were made official in 2006 through the National Policy for Integrative and Complementary Practices. In 2006, the National Policy on Medicinal Plants and Phytotherapeutic was also institutionalized, which seeks to ensure the safe and rational access of medicinal and phytotherapeutic plants to users, facilitating their insertion in health services. Although this practice is well accepted and adopted, especially in the Seridó region of Rio Grande do Norte, it is difficult to include it in health services, due to factors such as the lack of knowledge of professionals. Objective: This research aims to report an experience, systematically describing the realization of a Medicinal Plants and Phytotherapy Workshop for teams of Basic Health Units in Caicó, RN. Methodology: The workshop, named “A cup of health and a spoon of care” will have its execution reported, from the previous organization, going through the stages of implementation and evaluation of the experience.Results: After realizing the need for the workshop to be held by the professionals of the Basic Health Units, the planning and study period took place, where the theoretical support was raised and the points to be addressed were selected, besides the elaboration of a Banner containing the most used medicinal plants in the region, along with the indications and method of preparation, so that it could be exposed to users. The execution was carried out with the entire team of five Family Health Strategies, in a format of conversation wheel and spaces for discussion and exchange of experience, as well as the participation of some community users, who have a dense knowledge in this area. Conclusion: Positive impacts were observed for the team of executing residents and teams of the Basic Health Units, regarding the increase and deepening of knowledge about the theme, and the users, from the production of the banner and the greater knowledge of the team to the best guidance, and alert to the possibility of offering new services.