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Brazil has one of the richest medicinal floras in the world and a rich folk medicine related to the use of plants. They help in the treatment of several diseases, but care must be taken: they can also have side effects and contraindications. And just like in conventional medicine, self-medication is dangerous. To talk about the subject, we invited Victor Augustus Marin, professor and researcher at the Unirio School of Nutrition. We also spoke with Yara Britto, who is responsible for the medicinal plant collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden.