MEDICINAL PLANTS: A RESCUE OF TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AT BASIC EDUCATION

Abstract

The devaluation of medicinal plants from the early twentieth century made him lose a lot of existing knowledge about the herbs that can be of some benefit to health. This knowledge is returning from scientific knowledge, making the ethnobotanical knowledge to be tapped only for exploratory studies. The rescue of this knowledge among family, through the student of elementary school, is one way to save this knowledge. Thus, this study aims to rescue the cultural knowledge of medicinal plants and their importance to health. To carry out this research we worked with the methodology of action research, in which it was possible to draw a work plan with students of the sixth grade of elementary school. The action plan was effective from lectures with use of data projectors, practical classes, activities with family, and presentation of the work. It was understood that the collective work strengthens the community’s relationship with the school, approaching social subjects and developing a sense of responsibility and cooperation in schools, always highlighting the relationship of medicinal plants to the health of the population.