Analysis of the prescription of herbal medicine Erva Baleeira (Cordia verbenacea DC) as a therapeutic resource for pain reduction

Abstract

Phytotherapy is the science that studies medicinal plants, their purposes and applicability in the triad of health promotion, prevention and rehabilitation. The whaling herb (Cordia Verbenácea DC) is a perennial shrub, native to Brazil, used in several inflammatory and infectious processes. Based on the above, this work reports the use of herbal medicine by patients in Primary Health Care as a therapeutic resource for physiotherapy. Objective: To analyze the response to pain of patients who received the prescription of erva baleeira in a compress. Health Center in the city of Santa Maria - Distrito Federal. A questionnaire was applied to obtain as much information as possible about the use of the compress and its benefits. To measure pain, the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used (Visual analogue Scale-VAS): One-dimensional instrument to assess pain intensity, graded from 0 to 10. Results: Response analysis showed reduction and control in the picture. pain after using the compress, ease of handling the herbal medicine, acceptability and good response to the need for new prescriptions.