Phytopharmaceuticals in the treatment of diseases in the adult population

Abstract

Introduction: Medicinal plants are a source of millenary wisdom, their use through the centuries and the different stages through which human history has gone through, has allowed them to currently become a method that nourishes and enriches the possibilities of natural and traditional medicine. Objective: To identify which are the most used phytopharmaceuticals and in which pathologies they were used by the population of Consultorio 72 of Entronque de Herradura in Consolación del Sur in the period from January 2021 to June 2023. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe was 675 patients and the sample was 135. The percent was used as the unit of measurement. Results: the predominant age of these patients was over 65 years old (18.52%), female sex (59.21%), most of them knew about the existence of phytopharmaceuticals (65.8%) and used them (74.81%) and always used them frequently (49.63%). 63%), chronic gastritis was the disease in which they used phytopharmaceuticals the most (25.19%)and therefore the most frequently used was aloe vera (40.74%)and the majority were of the opinion that if this Modality of treatment is effective (69.63%). Conclusions: To increase the use of alternative treatments in our environment and to promote in Primary Health Care physicians the knowledge of Natural and Traditional Medicine techniques and treatments in order to achieve a greater use of them.