The power of medicinal plants

The use of medicinal plants has been practiced since the beginning of time, and today it has become a great ally for modern medicine. Therefore, the cultivation and use of medicinal plants, in natura, in the form of teas, was initiated as an alternative to provide access to natural medicines to groups deprived of freedom, due to the lack of synthetic drugs available in the conventional market. The work was developed aiming not only at improving the physical health of the inmates, but also their mental health, since the labor work focused on agricultural cultivation has notably contributed to the resocialization of inmates of the prison unit of Bom Jesus, State of Piauí. The Municipal Health Secretariat of Bom Jesus copied the idea of the use of medicinal plants in the old model of the Regional Penitentiary of Bom Jesus PI, the production of plants by the inmates is taken to the Municipal Basic Pharmacy, favoring the population of Bom Jesus.