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    EXPERIENCIAS CURATIVAS CON PLANTAS MEDICINALES EN ADULTOS MAYORES DEL BARRIO RUMIPAMBA DE NAVAS
    (2025-06-17) Coque Leon, Victoria Estefania; Manzano Quisimalin, Devora Estefania; Universidad Técnica de Ambato / Facultad de Ciencias de Salud / Carrera de Enfermería
    Introduction: Medicinal plants are those that have healing properties that have been implemented since ancient times and have been transmitted from generation to generation as a natural means to treat illnesses. Objective: To analyze the healing experiences with medicinal plants in older adults of the Rumipamba neighborhood of Navas. Methods: A qualitative approach research was carried out, with a hermeneutic phenomenological design and descriptive scope that addresses, from a phenomenological perspective, the healing experiences with medicinal plants in older adults of the Rumipamba de Navas neighborhood. The research participants were taken into account depending on the following inclusion criteria: older adults ≥ 65 years old, older adults residing for more than 10 years, the technique used in the research was a semi-structured interview, starting from the research question: What are the healing experiences with medicinal plants that you have had, seeking to understand the healing experiences with medicinal plants in older adults, in addition, 15 semi-structured interviews were conducted and the analysis of the data obtained through the qualitative study on the healing experiences with medicinal plants in older adults of the Rumipamba de Navas neighborhood. Results: Applying Giorgi's method allowed the identification of categories and subcategories that highlight aspects of their healing experience with medicinal plants. Conclusion: The older adults of the Rumipamba de Navas neighborhood have a wide experience in the use of medicinal plants, which have been used to treat their illnesses and ailments. The information collected indicates the importance that these plants have in their families, neighbors and to take care of their own health. In addition, in the neighborhood it is evident that most of the older adults depend on medicinal plants, so some of them have decided to plant in their land to maintain and keep these plants close to them.
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    “Preferencia del tratamiento convencional frente al tratamiento con plantas medicinales en adultos mayores de la parroquia Presidente Urbina del cantón Píllaro”
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato - Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - Carrera de Enfermería, 2018-04-01) Toapanta Quishpe, Sandra Guadalupe; Velasco Acurio, Evelin Fernanda Lcda. Mg.
    The present research project is faced in the “Preference of the conventional treatment opposite to the treatment with medicinal plants in major adults of the Parish President Urbina the Canton Píllaro”. The biggest adults are recognized like persons of the old age who are in the last life stage and although nowadays it is frequent to find major adults with a lot of energy and good quality of life exists a health phase with many illnesses and complaints that can be treated by means of the conventional treatment that there are for chronic illnesses like the osteoporosis, arthrosis and others and by means of the treatment with plants it is possible to relieve acute diseases as a headache, stomach etc. The objective. It is to analyze the preferences of the conventional treatment opposite to the treatment with medicinal plants that there have the biggest adults of the Parish President Urbina the down town Píllaro. The methodology that was used is of quantitative character because numerical values were contributed by means of a survey also it is of qualitative character because it was contributed by the knowledge and the review of articles, books, and scientific magazines determined at descriptive level of investigation and correlational for the link of the variables. The results demonstrated that the biggest adults prefer the treatment with plants for acute diseases and the conventional treatment for chronic illnesses. Conclusion. It was fulfilled by the target to analyze and to verify that they prefer type of treatment and the biggest adults use to improve the health.