RESULTS
inflammation, malignancy, Lactobacillus sp., atrophy
INFLAMMATION, ATROPHY
Regarding sociodemographic characteristics, the average age of the participants was 40.2 years old. Regarding ethnicity, 60.5% (n = 26) declared to be brown and 34.9% (n = 15) white. We can also observe that 37.2% (n = 16) reported being married, 25.6% (n = 11) single and 20.9% (n = 9) in a common-law marriage. When observing the variables education and income, identify that 37.2% (n = 16) had finished high school and 48.8% (n = 21) had between 1 and less than 2 minimum. Considering the adequacy of the smear, 88.4% (n = 38) were satisfactory for cytological evaluation before the use of the ointment and 90.7% (n = 39) after use. Before use, 67.4% (n = 29) of the samples had the squamous, glandular, metaplastic epithelium represented in the sample and after use, the rate was 86% (n = 37). It was identified absence of adverse health-damaging effects and decreased inflammation (rate = 51.2%) in the cervix, before and after its use, promoting an anti-inflammatory action.The transformation zone was represented in 76.8% (n = 33) of the samples before use and 83.7% (n = 36) after the use of herbal medicine. Among benign reactive or reparative cell changes, inflammation was the most frequent with 51.2% (n = 22) and after use, there were no cases. However, cases of inflammation, atrophy with inflammation before use were 9.3% (n = 4) and after use were 74.4% (n = 32). The most frequent findings of the vaginal microbiota were from Lactobacillus sp. in 60.5% (n = 26) of the samples both before and after use. The conclusion of the analysis was negative for malignancy in 74.4 (n = 32) of the smears before use and in 81.4% (n = 35) after use (