recursos naturales una alternativa terapeutica

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RECURSOS NATURALES: UNA ALTERNATIVA UTILIZADA
COMO COMPLEMENTO TERAPÉUTICO POR LAS
PERSONAS QUE VIVEN CON EL VIRUS / SÍNDROME
DE INMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (PVV).
TAMPICO TAMAULIPAS. MÉXICO
Mª. del Socorro Piñones Martínez, José Siles González, Isabel Lagarriga Attias

aid group fully coordinated with the Frente
Nacional de Personas Afectadas de Virus deSIDA.
(FRENPAVIH-2004). 14 individuals were selected
as key informants in a convenient sample. Doctors
opinions were considered due to their paramount
knowledge with respect to the matter, their selection done at random but for their premise of being
directly involved in AIDS patients.

NATURAL RESOURCES: AN ALTERNATIVE USED AS A COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHVIRUS/IMMUNE-DEFICIENCY ACQUIRED
SYNDROME. TAMPICO TAMAULIPAS.
MÉXICO
SUMMARY
Aims: Were centred in understanding and explaining the meaning of natural resources for those
people living with AIDS, from the perspective of
anthropology of care, at the same time to determine which are those resources and their effectiveness from the users' perspective and to know how
they apprehend those natural resources,who
recommend them, as well as their influence in persevering with traditional medicine. Also to request
opinions about such natural resources among their
own traditional medical doctors.
Methodology: A qualitative descriptive study was
performed by means of action investigation type
based on an ethnographic method. The sample was
constituted by 1263 individuals living with the
virus orAIDS, registered cases within the
Jurisdicción Sanitaria II in Tampico (Mexico)
(CONASIDA -2002), from whom 180 form a self-

Results: 39 different types of vegetables (medical
plants, fruits and greens). No specifically taken
into consideration for the treatment were some
mineral or animal resources. The AIDS people
declare having used some green resources, as from
their personal point ofview they have experienced
an improvement in their health, they feel better .
They buy them locally (natural resources shops,
herbal shops or are cultivated in their own gardens). They have been recommended by people of
their own environment, their social group, their
family or got them from the self-aid group where
they belong to.
Doctors participant in the study express that
naturalresources as an alternative or complement
to traditional medical treatment to AIDS are not
scientific but they confess not to be familiarized
with those medical plants o alternative medicine.
Conclusions: According to testimonials the conclusion is that there is evidence that within these
type of groups their common habits and health
beliefs are present in their lives thus the use of
naturalresources in AIDS patients go parallel to
the traditional medical treatments and together
with their own values and way of life, social environment where they belong to what allows them to
have their personal cosmos-vision idea.
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Leininger and his model of trans-cultural nursing suggests different cultures are to beconsidered with their own convictions of health and illness, what would allow a specific traditional sanitary care as well, because patterns and life styles
have an important influence in people's decisions.
He also takes into account Emicos' point of view,
the essence of human being and he suggests as well
that combining them with traditional professional
knowledge would help to adopt actions andtake
decisions coherent with cosmos-vision.
Key-words: traditional Medicine, Anthropology,
natural resources, VIH, SIDA

RECURSOS NATURAIS: UMA ALTERNATIVA UTILIZADA COMO COMPLEMENTO
TERAPÊUTICO PELAS PESSOAS QUE
VIVEM COM O VÍRUS DA SÍNDROME DE
IMUNODEFICIÊNCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS).
TAMPICO TAMAULIPAS. MÉXICO
RESUMO
Objetivos: os objetivos estão voltados para compreender e explicar qual o...