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: Objectives: To characterize the traditional use of medicinal plants in old men belonging to the class group of elderly of Trinidad in 2023. Methods: To carry out study over the past 5 years and to present a general vision on the use of medicinal plants in the elderly. It was carried out an observational and transversal descriptive study of this class in the period from November 2022 to March 2023. Descriptive statistic was used. Results: The (76.2%) of the group and the feminine sex (95.2%), prevailed with over 65 years. The 95.33% (N = 21) referred knowledge on medicinal plants, (76.2%) with Technical scholarship or high school levels. The 57.1% referred as main source of information radio and television and 71.4% over 30 years consumes medicinal plants. 57.1% request advice on medicinal plants from others old men and 66.6% didn't know that some medicinal plants can produce damages to the organism if they are not use correctly. Conclusions: With the instruments applied, it could be determined the necessity to teach topics related to medicinal plants and to know the importance of sowing medicinal plants in their houses using valid information with scientific arguments. Technological prevision based on the search of articles in the Virtual Library in Health (BVS) and using the key words “medicinal plant”/“old men”/“class group of elderly”/“elder adults”/“elderly”.