Use of herbalist traditional medicine in Family Doctor´s Offices

Abstract

Introduction:
The World Health Organization in 1977 calls to introduce natural and traditional medicine resources, taking into consideration their common use and the place they have had in the world trade.
Objective: To characterize the use of traditional Medicine in Family Doctor´s Offices from Madruga amily Doctor´s Offices from Madruga Popular Council. Methods:                                                               A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in four Family Doctor´s Offices from Madruga Popular Council from Madruga Popular Council June, 2017 to May, 2019. 200 patients were the universe under study. The information was collected through a questionnaire. The controlled variables were: age, sex, schooling level, most used medicinal plants and the source which most indicated them. Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used. For the statistical processing of the information, Microsoft Word 2007 and the descriptive statistics were used.
Results:
The female sex prevailed in the 37.8 % and the finished elementary level in the 29.5 %. The diseases in which it was most used were: parasitism, pumpkin in an 85 %, in hypertension lemon grass in a 75 %, for digestive disorders, mint in the 70 % and oregano for the Flue, oregano in the 65 %. The source which most indicated this medicine was Family Doctor in a 40 %.
Conclusions:
Herbalist natural and traditional medicine results of a very common use for common diseases such as parasitism, hypertension, digestive and respiratory diseases. Health professionals are indispensable in the promotion and indication of them.