Estudo etnobotânico sobre o uso de plantas medicinais em uma turma do ensino médio integrado em farmácia, em Ponta Grossa, Paraná

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been used by populations for thousands of years and most people do not see them as harmful, as they say they are natural substances, and therefore do not cause harm to health, however in practice this does not happen, since According to previous research, many plant species have toxic components in their structure, and when they come into contact with the body they can be harmful to health. Therefore, due to the lack of knowledge, it is necessary for greater dissemination of information regarding these herbs present in everyone's daily lives. Within the school environment, this can be achieved through teaching that promotes scientific literacy, so that they use medicinal plants consciously and are aware of the side effects they can cause. In view of this, the following work aimed to verify whether students in the 2nd year of the Integrated High School of Pharmacy at Colégio Estadual Elzira Correia de Sá, in Ponta Grossa, Paraná, know and use medicinal plants in their daily lives. Thus, the work was developed through a quantitative and exploratory methodology and at the end, group material was prepared with the aim of exhibiting it in the school environment, in order to disseminate information about medicinal plants to the entire team at the institution.