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BACKGROUND: Local medical systems (LMS) include native and exotic plants used for the treatment of diseases of physical and spiritual nature. The incorporation of exotic plants into these systems has been the subject of many studies. In this context, an analysis was conducted on the influence of the origin of plants on diseases of physical and spiritual nature in order to evaluate the therapeutic versatility of native and exotic species in these therapeutic targets, to investigate whether exotic plants mainly fill gaps not met by native plants (diversification hypothesis), and identify which species are prioritized in the redundant targets in these two therapeutic groups in the rural community of Morrinhos, Monsenhor Hipólito, Piauí.
METHODS: Data collection took place in 2 stages. First, free lists and semi-structured interviews with local residents (n = 134) were conducted to survey plants used for therapeutic purposes and the associated illnesses. Then, another phase of interviews was carried out to evaluate the prioritization between native and exotic plants in redundant therapeutic targets. To test the diversification hypothesis (DH) in each group of illnesses, data were analyzed using generalized linear models (Poisson and Binomial GLMs); versatility was measured by the number of therapeutic indications and compared between resources using the Mann-Whitney test, and prioritization in each group was verified by comparing the proportions of native and exotic plants with the χ2 test.
RESULTS: One hundred and thirty-two species of plants were surveyed, being 71 exotic and 61 native, with indications for physical and spiritual illnesses. The results revealed that the diversification hypothesis did not explain the inclusion of exotic plants in the local medical system to treat physical or spiritual illnesses and that the therapeutic versatility of exotic and native resources in the two groups was also similar (p > 0.05). However, exotic plants were prioritized in illnesses with physical causes and native plants in illnesses with spiritual causes.
CONCLUSIONS: The local medical system presents similar and distinct patterns in the therapeutic targets, depending on the perspective evaluated. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the patterns of use of medicinal plants in different sociocultural contexts in order to broaden the debate about the role of plant origin in the selection of treatments for illnesses with different causes.
METHODS: Data collection took place in 2 stages. First, free lists and semi-structured interviews with local residents (n = 134) were conducted to survey plants used for therapeutic purposes and the associated illnesses. Then, another phase of interviews was carried out to evaluate the prioritization between native and exotic plants in redundant therapeutic targets. To test the diversification hypothesis (DH) in each group of illnesses, data were analyzed using generalized linear models (Poisson and Binomial GLMs); versatility was measured by the number of therapeutic indications and compared between resources using the Mann-Whitney test, and prioritization in each group was verified by comparing the proportions of native and exotic plants with the χ2 test.
RESULTS: One hundred and thirty-two species of plants were surveyed, being 71 exotic and 61 native, with indications for physical and spiritual illnesses. The results revealed that the diversification hypothesis did not explain the inclusion of exotic plants in the local medical system to treat physical or spiritual illnesses and that the therapeutic versatility of exotic and native resources in the two groups was also similar (p > 0.05). However, exotic plants were prioritized in illnesses with physical causes and native plants in illnesses with spiritual causes.
CONCLUSIONS: The local medical system presents similar and distinct patterns in the therapeutic targets, depending on the perspective evaluated. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the patterns of use of medicinal plants in different sociocultural contexts in order to broaden the debate about the role of plant origin in the selection of treatments for illnesses with different causes.
摘要：
背景：本地医疗系统（LMS）包括用于治疗身体和精神疾病的本地和外来植物。将外来植物掺入这些系统已成为许多研究的主题。在这种情况下，对植物起源对身体和精神性质疾病的影响进行了分析，以评估这些治疗靶标中本地和外来物种的治疗多功能性，调查外来植物是否主要填补本地植物没有满足的空白(多样化假设)，并确定在Morrinhos农村社区的这两个治疗组的冗余目标中优先考虑哪些物种，MonsenhorHipólito,皮奥伊。
方法：数据收集分两个阶段进行。首先,进行了免费清单和与当地居民的半结构化访谈（n=134），以调查用于治疗目的的植物和相关疾病。然后，我们进行了另一个阶段的访谈,以评估在冗余治疗靶点中本地和外来植物之间的优先次序.为了检验每组疾病的多样化假设(DH)，使用广义线性模型（泊松和二项GLM）分析数据；多功能性通过治疗适应症的数量来衡量，并使用Mann-Whitney检验在资源之间进行比较，通过用χ2检验比较本地和外来植物的比例，验证了每组的优先级。
结果：调查了一百三十两种植物，是71个异国情调和61个本地人，有身体和精神疾病的迹象。结果表明，多样化假说并不能解释当地医疗系统中包含外来植物来治疗身体或精神疾病，两组中外来和本地资源的治疗通用性也相似（p>0.05）。然而,外来植物在有物理原因的疾病中被优先考虑，在有精神原因的疾病中被优先考虑本地植物。
结论：当地医疗系统在治疗目标方面呈现相似和不同的模式，取决于评估的观点。因此,有必要研究药用植物在不同社会文化背景下的使用模式，以扩大关于植物起源在选择不同原因的疾病治疗方法中的作用的争论。
方法：数据收集分两个阶段进行。首先,进行了免费清单和与当地居民的半结构化访谈（n=134），以调查用于治疗目的的植物和相关疾病。然后，我们进行了另一个阶段的访谈,以评估在冗余治疗靶点中本地和外来植物之间的优先次序.为了检验每组疾病的多样化假设(DH)，使用广义线性模型（泊松和二项GLM）分析数据；多功能性通过治疗适应症的数量来衡量，并使用Mann-Whitney检验在资源之间进行比较，通过用χ2检验比较本地和外来植物的比例，验证了每组的优先级。
结果：调查了一百三十两种植物，是71个异国情调和61个本地人，有身体和精神疾病的迹象。结果表明，多样化假说并不能解释当地医疗系统中包含外来植物来治疗身体或精神疾病，两组中外来和本地资源的治疗通用性也相似（p>0.05）。然而,外来植物在有物理原因的疾病中被优先考虑，在有精神原因的疾病中被优先考虑本地植物。
结论：当地医疗系统在治疗目标方面呈现相似和不同的模式，取决于评估的观点。因此,有必要研究药用植物在不同社会文化背景下的使用模式，以扩大关于植物起源在选择不同原因的疾病治疗方法中的作用的争论。
