Agrohomeopatia: "Estado da arte"

Abstract

Initially associated with Biodynamic Agriculture, Agrohomeopathy deals with the cure or vital balance of plant species from the use of homeopathic preparations, starting in the 20s of the 20th century and currently more inserted in Vitalist Agriculture from the union of the principles of Homeopathy with Agroecology. Over several decades the agrohomeopathic practice has been consolidated. However, the term Agrohomeopathy does not seem to be popularized yet. So much so that a review carried out with the term through Google Academic/Scholar only from the year 2005 is that it begins to be used in scientific works, with 81 works being listed worldwide. It was possible to observe that the preparations based on Arnica Montana Silicea, Sulfur, Carbo Vegetalis, Calcarea Carbonica and Natrium Muriaticum were the most cited among the 93 listed. As the research was further refined, Sulfur, Arnica montana and Carbo were used with greater emphasis vegetabilis. In terms of diversity, 21 botanical families were studied, with emphasis on Poaceae followed by Asteraceae, Solanaceae, Cactaceae and Fabaceae. The most common crops were tomato, followed by lettuce, with references also to bean, coffee, strawberry and onion crops, demonstrating their applicability in both annual and permanent species. Finally, regarding the purpose of the preparations, there was more emphasis on the criteria of productivity, growth, flowering, production, germination and development, it can be deduced then that the recurrence of preparations has been based more on the criteria for stimulating Productivity and Growth. However, according to the titles of the researched works, the most emphasized criteria were development with variations also for germination, production and growth.