International Journal of Food and Nutritional Science International Journal of Food and Nutritional Science International Journal of Food and Nutritional Science International Journal of Food and Nutritional Science 2377-0619Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA2535Research ArticlePerception of Pregnant Women on the Use of Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicines: An Integrative Literature ReviewPerception of Pregnant Women on the Use of Medicinal Plants and Herbal Medicines: An Integrative Literature ReviewNatália Sales de Carvalho1Professor of Nutrition course at Universidade de Fortaleza UNIFOR Brazil2Master in Nutrition and Health from Universidade Estadual do Cear aacute UECE Brazil3Professor of the Nutrition course at Centro Universit aacute rio Fametro UNIFAMETRO and Centro Universit aacute rio Christus UNICHRISTUS Brazil 4Doctoral student in Medical Sciences from Universidade Federal do Cear aacute UFC Brazil5Professor of Nutrition at Universidade Estadual do Cear aacute UECE Brazil6Master in Nutrition and Health from Universidade Estadual do Cear aacute UECE Brazil7Nutritionist at Hospital Universit aacute rio Walter Cant iacute dio CH-UFC EBSERH Brazil8Master in Nutrition and Health from Universidade Estadual do Cear aacute UECE BrazilEditor* E-mail: natycarvalho_@hotmail.com
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
20190409201962IJFNS-19-RA-253528062019300820192019Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.This is an integrative review aimed to seek to understand the perception of pregnant women on the use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines For the selection of the work they used four databases Scielo Medline PubMed and Google Scholar making the end of seven publications The results showed that pregnant women show confidence with the use of plants because they think they are natural the most cited were to treat themselves symptoms of pregnancy This practice often is not reported to health professionals who accompany them they have insecurity in the direction of herbal medicine In Brazil policies for the integrative practices in health to stimulate guidance from the professionals to the use of herbal medicines However during pregnancy there are restrictions on its use 10