Abstract

The experience of Farmácia da Natureza, established in 1995 in Jardinópolis/SP, represents a successful model of integration between traditional knowledge, science, and public health policies. Within the framework of the National Policy on Medicinal Plants and Phytotherapeutics (2006) and Ordinance No. 886/2010, which regulates Farmácias Vivas in the SUS, this initiative brings together dimensions of biodiversity, health innovation, and socioeconomic impact. Its operation encompasses everything from the agroecological cultivation of medicinal species to the preparation and dispensing of phytotherapeutics in various pharmaceutical forms, following ANVISA quality standards and the Brazilian Pharmacopeia. Recognized by PAHO as an innovative experience in Integrative Practices and by Banco do Brasil as a Social Technology, Farmácia da Natureza has consolidated itself as a national reference in Farmácia Viva. Its trajectory demonstrates how sociobiodiversity can drive innovation in public health by combining environmental conservation, community strengthening, and expanded access to safe and effective therapies.

With the municipality’s participation in the project Modeling of Services of Medicinal Plants and Phytotherapeutics in Primary Health Care, phytotherapeutic dressings for wound treatment were introduced into the local SUS network (Jardinópolis/SP). The experience of Farmácia da Natureza with phytotherapeutics in wound care enabled the selection of certain plants already being used with positive results by physicians working in the outpatient clinics of the Farmácia da Natureza complex (field area), who were already successfully applying phytotherapeutic dressings for wound treatment. The selected preparations were: Calendula cream (Calendula officinalis), hydrophilic Barbatimão ointment (Stryphnodendron adstringens), composite gel of Alternanthera (Alternanthera brasiliana) + Petiveria (Petiveria alliacea), Equisetum cream (Equisetum hyemale), and Aloe cream (Aloe vera).

This initiative reinforces the relevance of integrative practices in the SUS and expands therapeutic options, promoting the safe and effective use of medicinal plants in wound treatment.