The Effect of Feet Soaking Using Warm Water with Ginger Aromatherapy to Decrease Blood Pressure on Hypertension Patients in the Working Area of Community Health Center 1 Sumbang Banyumas

Abstract

One way to lower blood pressure is using feet soaking therapy with warm water using a ginger aromatherapy. Soaking parts of the body into the warm water can improve circulation, reduce edema, and improve muscle relaxation, which leads to blood pressure drop. This study aimed to find out whether there is an effect of feet soaking with warm water using ginger aromatherapy to decrease blood pressure on hypertension patients. The method of this research was Quasi-experiment with pre-and post-test design with control group. The instrument used was a sphygmomanometer. This research was carried out for one week by providing therapy for 7 feet of warm water mixed with aromatherapy ginger every morning. The samples were taken using Purposive Sampling which resulted in 20 respondents. The statistical tests used were Wilxocon test and Mann Withney test. The results of this study indicated that the value of the Wilxocon test obtained systolic p-value = 0.004 and diastolic p-value = 0.002, H0 is rejected, while the Mann Withney test results obtained systolic p-value = 0.001 and diastolic p-value = 0.005 then H0 is rejected, which means that there is an effect of giving therapy of feet soaking with warm water using ginger aromatherapy to decrease blood pressure on hypertension patients. Therefore, this therapy can be used as a companion to medical therapy.

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“…Dalam sebuah penelitian berfokus pada terapi herbal yang menemukan bahwa merendam kaki dalam air hangat merupakan bentuk terapi alami yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan peredaran darah, mengurangi pembengkakan (edema), meningkatkan relaksasi otot, memperkuat kesehatan jantung, melonggarkan otot-otot, mengurangi stres, dan meningkatkan permeabilitas kapiler (Alfillaturrohman & Wibowo, 2020). Dengan demikian, terapi ini bermanfaat sebagai pengobatan penurunan tekanan darah pada individu yang menderita hipertensi (Carolin et al, 2023).…”