THE EFFECT OF GIVING BAKED BAY LEAVES ON BLOOD PRESSURE CHANGES IN HYPERTENSION PATIENTS IN THE WORKING AREA OF THE WATUBELAH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, CIREBON REGENCY

Blood pressure is the amount of force needed to circulate blood throughout the body. Blood
pumped from the heart against the resistance of blood vessels is called blood pressure. Your
blood pressure will change throughout the day depending on activity. The purpose of this
study was to determine the effect of giving salan leaf decoction on changes in blood
pressure in patients with hypertension in the Watubelah Health Center Working Area,
Cirebon Regency. This research design uses the Pre-Experimental Design research method
with One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design, the sample of this study amounted to 30
respondents using a minimum sample and the sampling technique used was starta sampling.
And the measuring instruments used are anaroid tension meters, stethoscopes, observation
sheets, SOPs on how to make bay leaf decoctions. Data analysis using the Wilcoxon test
with a significant degree a <(0.05).The results of this study indicate that systolic and
diastolic blood pressure before being given bay leaf decoction average systolic blood
pressure 173.67mmHg and average diastolic blood pressure 95.67mmHg. After giving bay
leaf decoction, the average systolic blood pressure was 155.67mmHg and the average
diastolic blood pressure was 83.00mmHg. The results of the analysis of this study obtained
p value = 0,000 a < (0.05) which means that there is an effect of giving bay leaf decoction
on changes in blood pressure in hypertensive patients in the Watubelah Health Center
Working Area, Cirebon Regency. Bay leaf decoction can change blood pressure because it
contains a diuretic effect, bay leaves can lower blood pressure. One of the main functions
of diuretic drugs is to mobilize edema fluid, change the balance of extracellular fluid, and
maintain normal blood pressure in patients with hypertension in the Watubelah Puskesmas
Working Area, Cirebon
Regency.At the Watubelah Puskesmas nurse is expected to provide health counseling
regarding non-pharmacological treatment related to bay leaves in the form of leaflets so
that hypertensive patients can read and take home.