The aim of this study was to analyze how experiences within a popular movement have been affirmed as a field for constituting healthcare rights. The starting point was the question posed by the usual concept of healthcare rights cited in relation to Brazilian healthcare reforms, in seeking to affirm the constituent dimensions of movements within society. The study focused on experiences of phytotherapeutic pharmacies belonging to healthcare chaplaincies in the municipalities of Vitória and Vila Velha, ES, Brazil. The result was that we identified three aspects of the community experience of this movement that contribute towards affirming other practices and meanings within healthcare: phytotherapy usage, care-based relationships and solidarity-based social networks. Through these, we observed that healthcare chaplaincies' actions establish a counterbalance to the power devices and mechanisms that constitute the field of healthcare, thus opening up new possibilities for constructing citizenship rights.
Right to health; Phytotherapy; Popular movements within healthcare