Disease prevention and health care actions in a Quilombola community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.47456/rbps.v22i3.27899Keywords:
Plants Medicinal, African Continental Ancestry Group, Healthy DietAbstract
Introduction: Health concern and disease are present in all human beings. However, the historical construction of each society causes it to create particular notions of Health and therapeutics. The traditional communities, the quilombolas included, aim to maintain the habits of cultivation, preparation and use of medicinal plants and food, as tools for disease prevention and Health promotion. Objective: To understand how a quilombola community treats and prevents diseases, based on its ancestral knowledge. Methods: This article is a qualitative research. The data was collected through interviews with quilombola women from the Mutuca community, part of the Mata Cavalo quilombola region, located in the city of Nossa Senhora do Livramento, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Results: It was found that the community allies the use of medicinal plants to the consumption of specific types of food, which in their beliefs are a way to cure certain diseases. In addition, the community also follows medical recommendations for a healthy lifestyle, practice of physical exercises and reduction of salt, fat and sugar in their diet. Conclusion: It is possible to identify the different perceptions concerning health care practices that are allied with cultural knowledge and values specific for each society. The women from the Mutuca Quilombo taught a part of what they know about medicinal plants and the impact of this legacy in the community.
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