Divulgação sobre plantas medicinais para alunos de um colégio estadual de Ponta Grossa - Paraná

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been used by mankind since ancient civilizations and in different ways. Currently, about 80% of the population uses plants as a medicinal resource to treat some disease, this is due to their effectiveness and low cost compared to industrialized drugs. For this, research in ethnobotany is relevant since Brazil has one of the richest biodiversity of flora in the world, of which 99.6% has its chemical composition unknown. Human interference in ecosystems has led to the loss of large areas of forests, of the culture and traditions of the communities that live in these places, and depend on the resources of the environment to maintain themselves.The aim of this study is to discover: What is the students' knowledge of medicinal plants? To this end, this study in question sought to carry out participatory research with students, regarding their knowledge of medicinal plants. For that to develop this research, it was necessary to apply the Knowledge Fair project where students learned what medicinal plants are, methods of preparation and ways of using them. This information was extremely important to check whether the students knew the medicinal plants and to also find out which ones were most used by them.