摘要

O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar um levantamento das plantas medicinais utilizadas pela popula o urbana de Tr那s Barras do Paran芍. A coleta de dados ocorreu com uma amostragem de 370 question芍rios. Os resultados demonstraram que 98% da popula o fazer uso de plantas medicinais. A maioria dos entrevistados possui renda entre 2-4 sal芍rios m赤nimos (47%), idade entre 18-28 anos (23%), sendo donas de casa (48%) que n o conclu赤ram o Ensino Fundamental (54%). O principal motivo pelo qual as utilizam est芍 relacionado a serem naturais (36%). Apenas 4% dos entrevistados citaram ter passado por rea o adversa. A forma mais significativa de obten o das plantas foi o cultivo pr車prio(44%) e a orienta o sobre o uso foi pelas informa es com familiares (63%). A parte mais utilizada foi a folha (60%), preparada por infus o (40%). Conclui-se que, devido 角 facilidade de obten o associada ao baixo custo, as plantas est o inseridas no dia-a-dia da popula o. The objective of this work was to survey medicinal plants used by theurban population from the city of Tr那s Barras do Paran芍. Data collection encompass a sampling of 370 interviews. The results demonstrated that 98% of the population uses medicinal plants. The majority of the users have their income between 2-4 minimum wages(47%), are aged between 18-28 (23%), are housewives (48%), and have not concluded the Ensino Fundamental (1st to 8th grade) (54%). The main reason why these people use medicinal plants is the fact that these are natural (36%). Just 4% of the interviewee mentioned that they had undergone some sort of adverse reaction. The way to obtain the most significant plants was from own cultivation (44%). The orientation about the way to use these plants was through relatives (63%). The mostly used part was the leaf (60%), being prepared by infusion (40%). Conclusion points that these plants have been included in population*s day-by-day due to the fact that they are easy to obtain associated with low cost.

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