PENGARUH PEMBERIAN REBUSAN DAUN SALAM (SYZYGIUM POLYANTHUM) TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH TINGGI DI DESA PLOSOWAHYU KECAMATAN LAMONGAN KABUPATEN LAMONGAN

Abstract

Hypertension is an increase in blood pressure above the normal limit with a systolic value of 140 mmHg and a diastolic 90 mmHg. Giving boiled salam leaves is an alternative to controlling blood pressure in patients with hypertension. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of salam leaves decoction on reducing blood pressure in hypertensive patients in Plosowahyu, Lamongan. The design of this study used pre-experimental with a population 35 respondents then sampling using simple random sampling and getting a sample of 32 respondents using the one-group approach to pre-post test design. The independent variable in this study was the respiration of salam leaves and the dependent variable was measurement of high blood pressure. The data of this study were taken from the results of observation of high blood pressure before and after being given boiled salam leaves in February 2018. Data were tabulated and analyzed using the Wilcoxon test with a level of α = 0.05. The results of analysis using the Wilcoxon test obtained a value of Z = -5.507 with p = 0,000. The results showed that all of them had a drop in blood pressure of 32 respondents (100%), so Hο was rejected, it means that there was an effect of giving boiled salam leaf to decrease in high blood pressure in Plosowahyu Lamongan. Looking the results of the study, it is expected that hypertension sufferers in the Plosowahyu, Lamongan. Consume boiled salam leaves as a complementary therapy can reduce high blood pressure.

Keywords: Salam leaves, high blood pressure (hypertension)