PENGARUH REBUSAN AIR DAUN SIRSAK TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DI RW 07 WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS ARCAMANIK BANDUNG

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is one of the health problems that is quite dangerous in the world, because hypertension is a major risk factor that leads to cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke and kidney disease. Soursop (Annona muricata L.) is a traditional medicinal plant used as a therapy for hypertension. The parts used as herbal medicine in soursop are fruit, leaves, and seeds. This study aims to determine the effect of decoction of soursop leaf water on reducing blood pressure in patients with hypertension in the working area of Puskemas Arcamanik Bandung  Method: This study uses a Quasi Experimental Design using a one group pretest-posttest design. Samples were taken using purposive sampling. There were 20 respondents who were taken according to the criteria that had been made by the researcher. Result: The analysis using the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test showed the results (p value = <0.001 < = 0.05). Conclusion: It is hoped that respondents will always control their blood pressure and maintain a healthy lifestyle. And it is better to use medicinal plants which are widely available and easy to find in the surrounding area, especially for health purposes, especially the soursop plant which is useful for lowering high blood pressure.