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Preparation of Herbal Medicine: Er-Xian Decoction and Er-Xian-containing Serum for In Vivo and In Vitro Experiments
Published on: May 31, 2017
[The popular use of therapeutic herbs in body care]
Enéas Rangel Teixeira1, Jairo Freitas de Nogueira
1Enfermeiro e psicólogo, Prof. Titular do Departamento de Enfermagem Medico-cirúrgica da Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa da UFF. eneaspsi@hotmail.com
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It is about a quantitative and exploratory study aimed at describing the clients' knowledge and use of phytotherapy. The theoretical referral derived from anthropology. The adopted instruments were semi-structured forms applied to 300 users in a Health Polyclinic in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Results:
60,4% of the subjects use herbs and 63,4% have acquired the knowledge on medicinal plants with the family. The reasons for using herbal therapy were: sensation of improvement (32,2%) and the natural character of the herbs (33,5%). The adoption of herbs meets the subjectivity of the subject in his/her social and cultural context and remains as a complement or supplement to the official therapeutics.
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