PENGARUH TERAPI BEKAM KERING TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA  PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DI DESA BINAWARA KECAMATAN KUSAN HULU KABUPATEN TANAH BUMBU TAHUN 2018

Siska Agistin; Farhandika Putra; Bayu Purnama Atmaja

Siska Agistin STIKes Darul Azhar Batulicin, Tanah Bumbu
Farhandika Putra STIKes Darul Azhar Batulicin, Tanah Bumbu
Bayu Purnama Atmaja STIKes Darul Azhar Batulicin, Tanah Bumbu

Keywords: bekam kering, penurunan tekanan darah

Abstract

Dry cupping is one of the complementary treatments that serves to widen the narrowed blood vessels.
Hypertension is a condition when a person experiences a rise in blood pressure above normal. The aim of this study was
to determine the effect of dry cupping therapy on the reduction of hypertension in Desa Binawara Kecamatan Kusan
Hulu kabupaten Tanah Bumbu 2018.
The study design was Quasi Experimental with Pretest Postest Without Control. The sample of this study were
patients who had hypertension in the Desa Binawara a and were given the dry cupping therapy as much as 1 time that
were 25 respondents with purposive sampling technique.
The results of this study by using the Wilcoxon test obtained the results of pretest Hypertension Degree 2
(16.0%) Hypertension grade 1 and posttest (8.0%) Pre Hypertension with p value 0.001 (˂ 0.05).
Conclusion, there was an effect of giving dry cupping therapy to a decrease in hypertension in Desa Binawara
Kecamatan Kusan Hulu kabupaten Tanah Bumbu 2018. It was recommended for hypertensive patients to routinely in
order to carry out routine checks on blood pressure and make a healthy lifestyle in consuming food.