The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RS
Cancer patients seek to alternative and complementary treatments searching for rapid improvement, especially medicinal and herbal plant. This work objective is to evaluate the use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines in patients with cancer who are treated at the High Complexity in Oncology Ce...
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| author | Gislaine Tisott Dal Molin Aline Williens Cavinatto Christiane de Fátima Colet |
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| description | Cancer patients seek to alternative and complementary treatments searching for rapid improvement, especially medicinal
and herbal plant. This work objective is to evaluate the use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines in patients with cancer
who are treated at the High Complexity in Oncology Center (CACON) in the city of Ijuí/RS. Data were collected from June
to December 2013. Being included all users who performed intravenous chemotherapy. It was interviewed 130 patients,
62% female, with a mean age of 56 years. The medicinal plants most frequent were Annona muricata (26%), Aloe vera
(23%) Euphorbia tirucalli (8.8%). For plants used in this study, there were no references to present scientific evidence of
its pharmacological action for cancer treatment, proving the lack of education of the patients on medicinal plants. It was
found that the indication of use of medicinal plants were mostly by family (68.5%) and friends (13.8%), without monitoring,
guidance and medical knowledge. The lack of information and monitoring of users can be a warning to health authorities, to
improve the oversight and promote the development of studies focusing on ways of its use and the risks of medicinal plants. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-99264a94fdb2452da7e123b1d788aa2e2025-01-30T19:43:45ZengCentro Universitário São CamiloO Mundo da Saúde0104-78091980-39902015-07-01393287298256The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RSGislaine Tisott Dal Molin0Aline Williens Cavinatto1Christiane de Fátima Colet2Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Campus Ijuí, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Campus Ijuí, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Campus Ijuí, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.Cancer patients seek to alternative and complementary treatments searching for rapid improvement, especially medicinal and herbal plant. This work objective is to evaluate the use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines in patients with cancer who are treated at the High Complexity in Oncology Center (CACON) in the city of Ijuí/RS. Data were collected from June to December 2013. Being included all users who performed intravenous chemotherapy. It was interviewed 130 patients, 62% female, with a mean age of 56 years. The medicinal plants most frequent were Annona muricata (26%), Aloe vera (23%) Euphorbia tirucalli (8.8%). For plants used in this study, there were no references to present scientific evidence of its pharmacological action for cancer treatment, proving the lack of education of the patients on medicinal plants. It was found that the indication of use of medicinal plants were mostly by family (68.5%) and friends (13.8%), without monitoring, guidance and medical knowledge. The lack of information and monitoring of users can be a warning to health authorities, to improve the oversight and promote the development of studies focusing on ways of its use and the risks of medicinal plants.https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/311plant species. cancer. chemotherapy. |
| spellingShingle | Gislaine Tisott Dal Molin Aline Williens Cavinatto Christiane de Fátima Colet The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RS O Mundo da Saúde plant species. cancer. chemotherapy. |
| title | The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RS |
| title_full | The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RS |
| title_fullStr | The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RS |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RS |
| title_short | The use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of Ijuí/RS |
| title_sort | use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines for patients in chemotherapy in an oncology center of ijui rs |
| topic | plant species. cancer. chemotherapy. |
| url | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/311 |
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