A fitoterapia na saúde pública: estudo de caso da fabricadora municipal de medicamentos- FABRIMED (Telêmaco Borba, 1993-2008)

Abstract

The themes health, disease and forms of healing are objects of interest in the current historiography, much more than just observations on how a particular population or community react in the search for the most diverse forms of healing intimately linked to the identity of a society. The opening to the topics that address health issues has made it possible to understand the power and strength of traditional knowledge and the culture of a community in dealing with the most diverse forms of disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) since 1980 advocates worldwide implementation of forms of integrative medicine (acupuncture, homeopathy and phytotherapy) as a way of humanizing public treatment by respecting the cultural roots of different societies. This research had as general object the evaluation and the impact of an integrative medicine project in which the phytotherapy was made available in the public health through the Unified Health System (SUS in Portuguese) to the population of the city of Telêmaco Borba-PR during the period of 1993 to 2008 through Fabrimed (Municipal Drug Manufacturers), already extinct almost a decade ago. The research focuses on the historical analysis of the operation of the project, the importance of rural villages in the structuring and operation, since the implantation, as well as the importance for the community and the constitution of its identity. It carries out a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the medical records of the project's period of operation and remarks perceptions and meanings that are often silenced in the general context, but which show the capacity of integrative medicine to intervene in the public health system.