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<p>Ethnoknowledge of medicinal and mystical plants used by healers in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Northeast Brazil</p>
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<p>Ethnoknowledge of medicinal and mystical plants used by healers in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Northeast Brazil</p> |
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Pereira Sousa, Elaine Aparecida; Master in Molecular Bioprospecting - Cariri Regional Universityi - URCA Mendonça, Ana Cleide Alcântara Morais; Master in Molecular Bioprospecting - Cariri Regional University - URCA Garcia, Ítalo Rodrgiues; Master in Molecular Bioprospecting - Cariri Regional University - URCA Nobre Lisboa, Maria Amanda; Biological Sciences Department - Cariri Regional University - URCA Kamdem, Jean Paul; Biological Sciences Department. Cariri Regional University - URCA Cruz, Gabriel Venãncio; Biological Science Department. Cariri Regional University - URCA Silva, Maria Arlene Pessoa da; Masters program in molecular bioprospecting - Cariri Regional University - URCA Fernandes, George Pimentel; Regional of Cariri University Calixto Júnior, João Tavares; Regional of Cariri University - URCA FUNCAP, CNPq |
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Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Juazeiro do Norte |
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The aim of this study was to investigate the use of medicinal plants by healers in Juazeiro do Norte, Northeast Brazil, as well as to understand their role in prayer/healing practices. 30 residents from 20 neighborhoods, 18 urban neighborhoods and 2 randomly selected rural locations, were interviewed using a sample method known as "snowball", with two pilot interviews being initially conducted, where for greater method reliability and for the analysis of the importance attributed to the plants by the respondents, a calculation to determine their Relative Importance (RI) index was used. The results indicate the use of 60 species distributed across 34 families. The most representative families were: Fabaceae (7), Lamiaceae (6) and Asteraceae (5), where 10 species (eight exotic and two native) obtained a Relative Importance (RI>1): <em>Ruta graveolens </em>L. (1.47), <em>Vernonia condensata </em>Baker<em> </em>(1.47),<em>Piper aduncun </em>L. (1.44)<em>, Mentha spicata </em>L<em>. </em>(1.33), <em>Myracrodruon urundeuva </em>Allemão (1.3), <em>Psidium guajava </em>L (1.19), <em>Hymenaea stignocarpa </em>Mart. ex. Hayne (1.15), <em>Lippia alba </em>(Mil.) (1.11), <em>Leonotis nepetaefolia </em>(L.) R. Br. (1.08) and <em>Cymbopogon citratus </em>(D.C.) stapf (1.01). The aforementioned species are acquired from backyards (50%), open markets (33.3%) or from surrounding scrubs (16.6%). Indications included usage for 11 body systems, with 36 species (60%) being indicated for the treatment of the digestive system and 15 (25%) for the treatment of diseases of the female reproductive system. Nine species (15%) were indicated for ritualistic purposes (prayer/healing). With this, the importance of the Healer figure in several municipal districts was observed, a tradition that remains alive, despite the need for greater transmission and assimilation to upcoming generations. |
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Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK) 2021-03-03 16:09:58 |
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application/pdf application/pdf http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJTK/article/view/28563 |
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Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK); ##issue.vol## 20, ##issue.no## 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge |
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