Análise bibliográfica sobre o uso de plantas medicinais no tratamento da ansiedade

Abstract

Anxiety is understood as a feeling of anguish, agitation, restlessness, or anticipated fear of a given situation, which the individual may or may not experience. Further-more, it is possible to identify signs of changes in heart rate, sleep, appetite, sweat-ing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, psychomotor agitation, among others. Alt-hough there are treatments with synthetic medications, many people use medicinal plants to treat this condition. In this context, the objective was to analyze whether medicinal plants are effective in treating anxiety. To this end, a literature review was conducted using the CAPES Journals Portal. The research is exploratory in nature, and the information was analyzed qualitatively. The study demonstrated the effec-tiveness of medicinal plants in treating anxiety. Therefore, it was concluded that the studies provided contributions regarding the benefits and harms of medicinal plants in combating anxiety.