| Author |
Alonso-Castro, Angel Josabad Domínguez, Fabiola Maldonado-Miranda, Juan José Castillo-Pérez, Luis Jesús Carranza-Álvarez, Candy Solano, Eloy Isiordia-Espinoza, Mario Alberto Del Carmen Juárez-Vázquez, María Zapata-Morales, Juan Ramón Argueta-Fuertes, Marco Antonio Ruiz-Padilla, Alan Joel Solorio-Alvarado, César Rogelio Rangel-Velázquez, Joceline Estefanía Ortiz-Andrade, Rolffy González-Sánchez, Ignacio Cruz-Jiménez, Gustavo Orozco-Castellanos, Luis Manuel |
| Description |
Author Affiliation: Alonso-Castro AJ ( División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Electronic address: angeljosabad@ugto.mx.); Domínguez F ( Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Oriente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Metepec, Puebla, Mexico.); Maldonado-Miranda JJ ( Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria de la Zona Huasteca, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.); Castillo-Pérez LJ ( Programa Multidisciplinario de Posgrado en Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.); Carranza-Álvarez C ( Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria de la Zona Huasteca, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.); Solano E ( Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.); Isiordia-Espinoza MA ( Departamento de Investigación, Escuela de Odontología, Universidad Cuauhtémoc plantel San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.); Del Carmen Juárez-Vázquez M ( Departamento de Productos Naturales, Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.); Zapata-Morales JR ( División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.); Argueta-Fuertes MA ( Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana unidad Xochimilco, Ciudad de México, Mexico.); Ruiz-Padilla AJ ( División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.); Solorio-Alvarado CR ( División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.); Rangel-Velázquez JE ( División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.); Ortiz-Andrade R ( Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.); González-Sánchez I ( Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana unidad Xochimilco, Ciudad de México, Mexico.); Cruz-Jiménez G ( División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.); Orozco-Castellanos LM ( División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.) |
| Abstract |
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: The use of medicinal plants in Mexico has been documented since pre-Hispanic times. Nevertheless, the level of use of medicinal plants by health professionals in Mexico remains to be explored. AIM OF THE STUDY: To evaluate the use, acceptance and prescription of medicinal plants by health professionals in 9 of the states of Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Direct and indirect interviews, regarding the use and acceptance of medicinal plants, with health professionals (n=1614), including nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and odontologists from nine states in Mexico were performed from January 2015 to July 2016. The interviews were analyzed with the factor the informant consensus (FIC). RESULTS: The information obtained indicated that 46% of those interviewed feel patients should not use medicinal plants as an alternative therapy. Moreover, 54% of health professionals, and 49% of the physicians have used medicinal plants as an alternative therapy for several diseases. Twenty eight percent of health professionals, and 26% of the physicians, have recommended or prescribed medicinal plants to their patients, whereas 73% of health professionals were in agreement with receiving academic information regarding the use and prescription of medicinal plants. A total of 77 plant species used for medicinal purposes, belonging to 40 botanical families were reported by the interviewed. The results of the FIC showed that the categories of diseases of the digestive system (FIC=0.901) and diseases of the respiratory system (FIC=0.898) had the greatest agreement. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that medicinal plants are used for primary health care in Mexico by health professionals. |
