A SAÚDE EM SUAS MÚLTIPLAS DIMENSÕES: REFLEXÕES A PARTIR DOS RELATOS DE MULHERES QUE TÊM A CURA COMO OFÍCIO

Abstract

This work aims to present and discuss the multiplicity of understandings about alternative health in relation to hegemonic health, based on reports of women who have alternative healing practices as their profession, seeking to correlate health to the different dimensions of life and the guidelines for SUS Integrative and Complementary Practices. In relation to traditional crafts, the history of the Movimento Aprendizes da Sabedoria (MASA) in the State of Paraná is presented, associating it with medicine and popular culture, bringing the record of some of the practices used in the care provided by the healers in the Irati region. From a qualitative approach, academic literature articulates a discussion based on the originated narratives. Health and Nature, healing and well-being practices and spirituality were used as categories of analysis to polish the material generated in the field work, resulting in evidence about the current worldview in our society and its reflections on the health model. As a counterpoint to this model, the holistic view stands out, which is more complex and integrative than with regard to health; the correlation between the human being and the whole of which he is a part; the presence of spirituality and the existence of different knowledge in relation to health, especially arising from popular culture and integrative and complementary practices, demonstrating the relationships that are established between human beings, society and Nature.