Medicinal plants have been used for centuries by humanity, in search of cures and prevention of diseases of the physical and spiritual body. In the Amazon, this culture is quite popular, due to our basically indigenous origin providing knowledge on how to use these medicinal plants. In the present work, the most popular medicinal plants among the 150 riverside families, descendents of quilombolas, who live on the Ilha de Itacuruçá Baixo, in Abaetetuba Pará, were investigated. Aiming to identify the most used species and their indication of use so that a folder could be generated to disseminate this knowledge, in addition to being able to propose the creation of a medicinal garden for the community center on the Island of Itacuruçá-Baixo, since resorting to alternative medicine turns out to be the fastest way for this community, which is three hours and thirty minutes from the municipality of Abaetetuba, where it seeks access to hospitals, urgency/emergency, that is, to traditional medicine resources. The ethnobotanical survey was carried out through the application of 50 questionnaires to island residents who indicated 64 species, with the most cited for therapeutic uses eight species that were: rue (Rutagraveolens), anador (Justicia pectoralis), boldo (PlectranthusbarbatusAndr.), aloe vera (Aloevera), catingademulata (Tanacetovulgare), lemon balm (Melissaoficinalis), ginger (Zingiberoficinalis), mint (Menthapulegium). All of these are easy to grow and use efficiently, making it important to have them easily accessible.
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