The use of herbs is common among the various societies. During this particular time and use the knowledge directly linked to it were ignored and even overlooked. However, this is a habit that remained and withstood the test of time and the medical hegemony, since existence of people trading medicinal plants is commonly found from small towns to cities in Brazil and worldwide. More than a common and simple existence of traders of medicinal plants, this existence raises questions about why, how, where, what the connections, which ensures the existence and / or resistance.To reveal the relationship this kind of people establish with the Cerrado - biome that covers much of central Brazil - to understand their arrival and stay in the city, its cultural roots leads us to look like the Cerrado is perceived and represented by them. Thus, we propose a brief reflection on the representations in the study of medicinal plants in Goiânia. These meanings and relationships established show that is possible to understand this universe and its knowledge that currently invading the worlds urban, academic, scientific and political. To do this analysis we seek a cultural geography of identifying the rooters (raizeiros), their knowledge, their views and representations on the Cerrado.
Medicinal plants; Social representations; Social networks
