PENGARUH KONSUMSI TEMULAWAK OLEH IBU NIFAS TERHADAP KELANCARAN PRODUKSI ASI

Breast milk is the exclusive food for babies, nutritional value contained in breast milk is very high that he actually does not require any additional external composition. And breast milk is a food that is easily digestible by infants is absorbed through the mother's nipple. In fact there are many mothers that breastfeeding postpartum was not smooth, as coverage in the village of UPT Puskesmas Poreh Working Area entirely Lenteng 20 respondents (100%) that her breast milk is not smooth. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of ginger consumption by postpartum mothers to lactation. Independent variables are Temulawak consumption, while the Dependent Variable is the smoothness of milk production. The study design used is a pre-experimental study with pre-test and post-test group design. The population 20 puerperal women in the village Poreh Work Area UPT Puskesmas Lenteng in July and December 2016. In its sample 20 respondents, taken by nonprobability sampling. Data collection methods such as observation sheets and then analyzed by Paired t-test with significance level α = 0.05. Having analyzed the results obtained respondents indicated experiencing breast milk changes smoothly after being given the consumption of ginger namely data showed that out of20 respondents, who breastfed her smoothly as many as 18 respondents (90%), and that her breast milk is not smooth 2 respondents (10 %). From the statistical test result obtained Paired t-test p value <α which means (0,000 <0,05), which means that H0 rejected H1 accepted which means there Effect Consumption of Mother Ginger By Ruling Against Smooth milk production. This study is expected to postpartum mothers whose milk production was not well can consume ginger, because the results of research on the consumption of ginger affect lactation