Rendam Kaki Rebusan Air Jahe Merah Berpengaruh terhadap Penurunan Tekanan Darah Penderita Hipertensi
Authors: Sani Fakhrudin Nasrul , Fitriyani Noor 
Published: April 2021

Abstrak. Hipertensi merupakan kondisi dimana tekanan darah seseorang melebihi batas normal yang ditetapkan, dimana kondisi tersebut dapat menimbulkan komplikasi berupa penyakit pada organ-organ tubuh lainnya. Pengobatan hipertensi terdiri dari pengobatan farmakologi dan nonfarmakologi. Salah satu pengobatan non farmakologi adalah hidroterapi yaitu rendam kaki air hangat. Penggunaan zat kompelementer dalam hidroterapi misalnya rendam kaki rebusan air jahe merah. Tujuan penelitian untuk mengetahui pengaruh rendam kaki rebusan air jahe merah terhadap penurunan tekanan darah penderita hipertensi di Posyandu Ngudi Rahayu RT 01/ RW 14, Bolon, Colomadu Karanganyar. Penelitian ini merupakan quasi eksperiman dengan rancangan One Group Pretest – Posttest Design. Populasi penelitian adalah lansia yang memiliki penyakit hipertensi primer di Posyandu Ngudi Rahayu RT 01/ RW 14, Bolon, Colomadu Karanganyar. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 42 responden yang ditentukan dengan teknik Purposive Sampling. Analisa data menggunanakan uji Wilxocon karena setelah dilakukan normalitas data hasilnya tidak normal. Hasil penelitian didapatkan rata-rata tekanan darah responden sebelum dan sesudah diberikan rendam kaki rebusan air jahe merah tekanan darah sistolik 149,05 mmHg menjadi 135,83 mmHg dan diastolik 78,69 mmHg menjadi 75,95 mmHg. Hasil analisa uji korelasi menunjukkan ada pengaruh pemberian rendam kaki rebusan air jahe merah terhadap tekanan darah penderita hipertensi, ditunjukkan dengan nilai p-value = 0.0001 (p-value < 0,05).
Kata kunci: Hipertensi, Tekanan darah, Rendam kaki rebusan air jahe merah

Soak the foot with red ginger water, it has an effect on reducing blood pressure in hypertensive patients
Abstract. Hypertension is a condition in which a person's blood pressure exceeds the established normal limits, where this condition can cause complications in the form of diseases in other organs of the body. Hypertension treatment consists of pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. One of the non-pharmacological treatments is hydrotherapy, which is soaking your feet in warm water. The use of complementary substances in hydrotherapy, for example, soak the foot of red ginger water. The research objective was to determine the effect of foot soaking with red ginger water on blood pressure reduction in hypertensive patients at Posyandu Ngudi Rahayu RT 01 / RW 14, Bolon, Colomadu Karanganyar. This research is a quasi experiment with One Group Pretest - Posttest Design. The study population was the elderly who had primary hypertension at Posyandu Ngudi Rahayu RT 01 / RW 14, Bolon, Colomadu Karanganyar. The research sample consisted of 42 respondents who were determined by purposive sampling technique. Data analysis used the Wilxocon test because after the normality of the data the results were not normal. The results showed that the average blood pressure of the respondents before and after being given the foot soak of boiled red ginger water, the systolic blood pressure of 149.05 mmHg became 135.83 mmHg and the diastolic 78.69 mmHg became 75.95 mmHg. The results of the correlation test analysis showed that there was an effect of giving foot soaking in red ginger water on the blood pressure of hypertensive patients, indicated by the p-value = 0.0001 (p-value <0.05).
Keyword : Hypertension, Blood pressure, Soak the foot of red ginger water