HISTORY AND ETHNOBOTANICS IN THE PEOPLE'S VILLAGE PAITER SURUÍ - LINE 09 - CACOAL / ROmedicinal plants , indigenous peoples, ethno-knowledge
Indigenous peoples have a vast knowledge about nature, because for a long time they depended only on it for survival, ethnobotany is the science that researches the relationship between man and plants, based on this context and concept research was reali ized in Indian village Paiter line 09 located on indigenous land Sete de Setembro in the state of Rondônia, with the indigenous people Paiter Surui , and you 've intended to meet the traditional knowledge in relation to medicinal plants in the village before and after the contact with the non - indigenous are under the contribution of ethnobotanic , and understand their historical cultural process and the path taken after contact. For this, semi-structured forms and ethnographic research were applied with extensive experience with the community . From the research it was found that more than 80 species of medicinal plants were widely used by the Paiter , used mainly for the period of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, digestive system, diseases, respiratory, skin, among others. In yet through research we observed a change in the healing practices of Paiter Surui resulting from intense contact with non - indigenous society, causing the new generations do not learn on the use of plants, preferring pharmacy remedies. In this context, research contributes to the preservation of plants and knowledge based on the ethnobotanical record of the knowledge remaining in the community.