Descubriendo Nuestro Legado: una Cartilla Etnobotánica Sobre el Uso Tradicional de Plantas Medicinales en el Barrio Jardín de Curiaco, Taminango, Nariño

Abstract

The traditional use of medicinal plants is important for its cultural value, its role in access to health, its contribution to environmental sustainability, its complementarity with modern medicine, its personalization of health care and its ability to promote autonomy. of people and communities. Portères (1970), cited by Hidalgo (2016), recognizes the importance and incidence of ethnobotany; This is characterized by being one of the disciplines that aims to study plants and human cultures (Hidalgo, 2016). Likewise, its study is based on empirical knowledge of different population groups and their therapeutic use (Zurita M. G., 2016). Said like this, medicinal plants are a very important resource for all humanity, this resource of natural origin and little explored by man has provided millions of benefits. Since prehistory they have been used to relieve pain caused by any type of accident. Medicinal plants are used mostly through infusions, waters, ointments, baths, etc. (Zurita M. E., 2017). It is important to highlight the little information that the residents of the ancestral community in the Jardín neighborhood of the Curiaco district have, regarding the properties and functions of medicinal plants. The objective of this research is to design an ethnobotanical primer as a learning strategy that allows the community to learn a little more about the plants used, within their environment. This research will be done through a mixed study with an ethnographic and descriptive approach. As a result of the research carried out, very valuable information will be collected. Regarding the topic of interest, it should be noted that the plants most used by this community are oregano, aloe vera, paico, chamomile, eldermint, pennyroyal, lemon balm, and calendula. In data collection, the participants involved will be 57 inhabitants between 30, 50, 70 and 80 years old, among which 10 members are the student population under 18 years old