Uso medicinal da pimenta malagueta (Capsicum frutescens L.) em uma comunidade de várzea à margem do rio Amazonas, Santarém, Pará, Brasil
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2011-12-01
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Roman, André Luís Cote [UNESP]
Ming, Lin Chau [UNESP]
Carvalho, Izabel de [UNESP]
Sablayrolles, Maria das Graças Pires [UNESP]
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MCT/Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
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Neste trabalho, efetuou-se um levantamento etnobotânico voltado à compreensão da importância medicinal da pimenta malagueta (Capsicum frutescens L.) no cotidiano dos moradores de Cabeça D'Onça, uma localidade de várzea, situada à margem do rio Amazonas. Pertencente ao município de Santarém, estado do Pará, a comunidade é constituída por aproximadamente 330 habitantes. Ao todo, foram entrevistadas 116 pessoas residentes em 70 domicílios. As informações concernentes aos diferentes propósitos medicinais de uso das pimentas, recolhidas mediante entrevistas semiestruturadas, foram compiladas pormenorizadamente. Na segunda etapa do trabalho, foram realizadas entrevistas estruturadas em 40 domicílios, com 80 pessoas (40 casais), para se determinar quais as indicações das pimentas eram mais conhecidas na área de estudo. do contato com a água do Amazonas, reputam-se algumas doenças, citadas por mais de 50% dos entrevistados, curadas com a malagueta, tais como o 'pano-branco' e a 'impinge' (tratados com as folhas) e o reumatismo (tratado com os frutos). Por meio de comparações entre os dados obtidos nesta pesquisa e os registros encontrados na literatura, verifica-se forte influência indígena quanto aos modos de utilização medicinal das pimentas.
An ethnobotanical study was carried out for this study aimed at understanding the medicinal importance of malagueta / chili pepper (C. frutescens L.) in the daily life of the people of Cabeça D'Onça, an area in the Amazon River floodplain. The community of approximately 330 residents is situated in the municipality of Santarém, Pará State. In total, 116 people from 70 households were interviewed for this work. Information regarding the medicinal uses of these peppers was collected in semi-structured interviews and compiled in detail. In the second phase of the study, structured interviews were carried out in 40 households with 80 people (40 couples) to determine the most commonly-known uses of the peppers in the study area. Over 50% of those interviewed cited the use of the malagueta in curing certain illnesses reputed to be caused by contact with water from the Amazon River, including 'pano-branco', and 'impinge' (both diseases of the skin treated with the leaves) and rheumatism (treated with the fruit). A comparison of the data obtained in this study with published literature reveals strong indigenous influence in their medicinal use.
An ethnobotanical study was carried out for this study aimed at understanding the medicinal importance of malagueta / chili pepper (C. frutescens L.) in the daily life of the people of Cabeça D'Onça, an area in the Amazon River floodplain. The community of approximately 330 residents is situated in the municipality of Santarém, Pará State. In total, 116 people from 70 households were interviewed for this work. Information regarding the medicinal uses of these peppers was collected in semi-structured interviews and compiled in detail. In the second phase of the study, structured interviews were carried out in 40 households with 80 people (40 couples) to determine the most commonly-known uses of the peppers in the study area. Over 50% of those interviewed cited the use of the malagueta in curing certain illnesses reputed to be caused by contact with water from the Amazon River, including 'pano-branco', and 'impinge' (both diseases of the skin treated with the leaves) and rheumatism (treated with the fruit). A comparison of the data obtained in this study with published literature reveals strong indigenous influence in their medicinal use.
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Capsicum, Etnobotânica, Terapêutica, Cabeça D'Onça, Santarém, Rio Amazonas, Capsicum, Ethnobotany, Therapeutic, Cabeça D'Onça, Santarém, Amazon River
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Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas. MCT/Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, v. 6, n. 3, p. 543-557, 2011.