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The objective of this article is to address the relationship of the Pataxó from the Boca da Mata village (TI Barra Velha do Monte Pascoal, southern Bahia) with a group of plants called native bushes in the context of their body care practices. The argumentthat guides me is that these vegetables, which the Pataxó women transform into bush medicines and circulate through organic knowledge about the plant biodiversity that abounds in the territory, constitute fundamental elements in their manufacturing and conservation procedures human life, as well as in the ways of curing the various illnesses and diseases that can afflict a person. However, it is precisely because these vegetables and the medicines produced with them in the daily life of the village are notsomething “harmless” and devoid of agency, that their use requires a strong economy of attention both on the part of those who prepare them and those who use them. They use, depending on the dosage, the faith and trust so dear to Pataxó sociability.