Phytotherapy in the Amazon: The Experience of the State of Amapá-Brazil

Authors

  • Antonio Sergio Monteiro Filocreão Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP)
  • Alexandre Gomes Galindo Universidade Federal do Amapá (UNIFAP)
  • Terezinha de Jesus Soares dos Santos Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá (IEPA)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v40i0.43655

Keywords:

local productive arrangements, Amazonia, phytotherapy, medicinal plants

Abstract

This paper discusses the prospects for the use of medicinal plants in the Amazon, from the experience developed in the State of Amapá, located on the northern border of the Brazilian Amazon. The study used the methodological procedures employed by RedeSist of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro for the study of Local Productive Arrangements, making the necessary adjustments to meet the Project RISSI, and incorporating social inclusion in studies of innovation. The collection of data from  researchers, experts, entrepreneurs, collectors, healers, potion makers showed that, despite the existence of a large potential for the production and use of phytotherapic medicines and medicinal plants in the Amazon due to the rich biodiversity and tradition of use, the  Phytotherapy as business has difficulties advancing because of restrictive legislation. However, it presents a great prospect in social  inclusion in its "fresh" form in herbal pharmacies at public health services and in folk medicine, dampening the deficiencies of the public health care network.

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Published

2017-04-30

How to Cite

Filocreão, A. S. M., Galindo, A. G., & dos Santos, T. de J. S. (2017). Phytotherapy in the Amazon: The Experience of the State of Amapá-Brazil. Desenvolvimento E Meio Ambiente, 40. https://doi.org/10.5380/dma.v40i0.43655

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Vol. 40 (2017): Communication and Climate Change: a necessary and urgent discussion

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