%0 Journal Article
%T Uso de las plantas medicinales por pobladores de Artemisa Use of medicinal plants by the inhabitants of Artemisa
%A Carmen V¨¢zquez Lazo
%A Mileydi Quintana Ram¨ªrez
%J Revista Cubana de Enfermer£¿-a
%D 2008
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X OBJETIVO: identificar aspectos relacionados con el uso de las plantas medicinales por quinientos pobladores de Artemisa, provincia La Habana, quienes accedieron de forma voluntaria y con consentimiento informado previo a la aplicaci¨®n del instrumento, se analizaron variables de inter¨¦s. M¨¦TODOS: se realiz¨® un estudio descriptivo, prospectivo, transversal. RESULTADOS: los artemise os conocen acerca del tema investigado, utilizan un sin n¨²mero de plantas, muchas de las cuales no tienen su uso autorizado por el MINSAP, no existe un modo de preparaci¨®n distinguido, la mayor¨ªa las emplea para combatir las enfermedades o dolencias ligadas al uso m¨ªstico-religioso y el principal prescriptor fue el curandero. CONCLUSIONES: se demostr¨® una vez m¨¢s el poder resolutivo que desde la antig¨¹edad le confieren los humanos a las plantas, ligadas a los rituales m¨ªstico-religiosos, en nuestra localidad ha llegado hasta nuestros d¨ªas. El uso de las plantas descritas en el presente trabajo influye de forma directa sobre la vida cotidiana, las costumbres y la salud de la comunidad. OBJECTIVE: To identify aspects related to the use of medicinal plants by five hundred inhabitants of Artemisa, Havana province, that volunteered to and gave their previous informed consent for the application of the instrument. Some variables of interest were analyzed. METHODS: A descriptional, prospective and cross-sectional study was conducted. RESULTS: The inhabitants of Artemisa know about the research topic. They utilize a great number of plants, whose use is not authorized by the Ministry of Public Health. There is no a specific way to prepare them. Most of them take these plants to fight diseases or ailments related to the mystic-religious use. The healer was the main prescriber. CONCLUSIONS: Once more, it was proved that the resolving power human beings have conferred to plants, linked with mystic-religious rituals, since ancient times, has come to our days in our locality. The use of the plants described in this paper influence directly on the daily life, the customs and the health of the community.
%K Uso plantas medicinales
%K medicina natural y tradicional
%K medicina tradicional herbolaria
%K m¨ªstico-religioso
%K Use of medicinal plants
%K natural and traditional medicine
%K traditional herbal medicine
%K mystic-religious
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