The Use of Medicinal Plants in the County of Tanquinho, State of Bahia, North eastern Brazil
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70151/sf00fb57Keywords:
ethnobotany, medicinal plants, herbal medicine, traditional medicine, BrazilAbstract
The present study attempts to record the folk medicinal uses of 97 plants of the county of Tanquinho, State of Bahia. Northeastern Brazil. Data were obtained from September to November 1997 by conducting open-ended interviews with practitioners and users of local traditional medicine. The most representative botanic families were Euphorbiaceae, Solanaceae, Lamiaceae, Poaceae, Asteraceae, Anacardiaceae, Verbenaceae, and Cucurbitaceae. Plant-based remedies are used to cure numerous ailments, such as influenza, conjunctivitis, bronchitis, lithiasis, tuberculosis, asthma, fever, diarrhea, toothache, dysentery, cough, and cystitis. The value of medicinal resources derived from plants is very significant. Ethnobotanical knowledge is to be included into programs of medicinal plant conservation in order to provide medicines, food, and income to the people.
Downloads
References
AKAH, P. A., OLI, A. N., ENWEREM N M., GANANIEL, K Preliminary studies on purgative effect of Canca papaya root extract. Fitoterapia, v. 68. n. 4 p. 327-31, 1997.
BEGOSSI. A., LEITÃO-FILHO H. F., RICHERSON. P. J. Plant uses in a Brazilian coastal fishing community (Búzios Island). Journal of Ethnobiology, v13. n, 2, p. 233-56, 1993.
BOMBARDELLI, E.; MORAZZONI. P. Cucurbita pepo L. Fitoterapia v. 68, n 4, p 291-302, 1997 BOTSARIS. A. S. Fitoterapia chinesa e plantas brasileiras. São Paulo: ícone, 1995 550p.
CARLSON. T. J.. COOPER. R. KING. S. R , ROZHON. E. J. Modern science and traditional healing. Royal Society of Chemistry, n. 200, p. 84 95, 1997. CENTRO DE ESTATÍSTICA E INFORMAÇÕES Informações básicas dos municípios baianos; região nordeste Salvador: Governo do Estado da Bahia, 1994, 327p.
CLEMENT, C- A. Introduction to botanical resources. In: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ETHNOBIOLOGY, 1,1990. Belém Proceedings., Belém: Museu Paraense Emilio Gõeldi, 1990. v. 1, p 245-7.
COX, P A., BALICK, M. J. The ethnobotanical approach to drug discovery. Scientific American, v. 270, n. 6, p, 60-5, 1994.
ELISABETSKY, E.. NUNES, D. S. Ethnopharmacology and its role in third world countries. Ambio, v. 19, n. 8, p 419-20. 1990.
FIGUEIREDO. G. M., LEITÃO-FILHO H. F., BEGOSSI A. Ethnobotany of Atlantic forest coastal communities: diversity of plant uses in Gamboa (ltacuruça Island. Brazil). Human Ecology v. 21. n. 4. p. 419-30, 1993.
GOTTLIEB, O., KAPLAN, M A. Das plantas medicinais aos fármacos naturais. Ciência Hoje v, 15, n. 89. p. 51-4, 1995.
KHAN. M R . KORNINE, K., OMOLOSO. A D. Antibacterial activity of some Annonaceae. Pari I. Fitoterapia, v. 69, n. 4, p. 367-9, 1998.
MARTINS, GJ. Elhnobolany: a methods manual. Londres: Chatman & Hall, 1995, 267p.
MOTA, C N. As Jurema told us: Kariri-Shoko and Shoko mode of utilization of medicinal plants in the context of modern northeastern Brazil Austin. 1987. Tese (Doutorado) - University of Texas, 182p.
OLAJIDE, O. A.. AWE S. O.. MAKINDE. J. M. Analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects of Bryophyttum pinnatum. Fitoterapia, v. 69, it 3, p 249-52, 1998.
RIBEIRO. B. Plantas medicinais ameríndias. Ciência Ho|e, v. 15, n. 89. p 52-4. 1993.
SAMPAIO, E. V. S. B. Overview of the Brazilian caatinga. In: BULLOCK, S. H., MOONEY M, A., MEDINA, E. (Eds.). Seasonally dry tropical forest Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. p. 35-62. V
OLKS, R. A. Tropical forest healers and habitat preference. Economy Botany, v. 50, n. 4. p. 381- 400, 1996
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
