Pengaruh Terapi Bekam Basah terhadap Perubahan Tekanan Darah pada Pasien Hipertensi

Non-Communicable Diseases (PTM) is one of the world's health problems that is still a concern in the world of health because it is one of the causes of death. Hypertension is a condition where systolic blood pressure is 140 mmHg or higher and diastolic blood pressure is 90 mmHg or higher. The cause of hypertension is due to abnormal water and salt retention, sensitivity to angiostensin, obesity, hypercholesteroemia, disturbed emotions / stress and smoking. One of the non-pharmacological therapies that can be used for the management of hypertension is to use wet cupping therapy. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of wet cupping on the blood pressure of hypertensive patients.Blood pressure as the dependent variable and wet cupping as an independent variable. This study uses a Pre Experimental Design study with "Two Group Pre Test and Post Test Design". The sample consisted of 20 people with hypertension with 10 respondents in the intervention group and 10 respondents in the control group in the Al-Thaf Nursing home in Jambi City on March to July 2021 with the Purposive Sampling technique. He statistical test carried out is to use paired t-test. From the results obtained p value systolic blood pressure = 0,000 and p value diastolic blood pressure = 0,000.The conclusion of this study is that there is an effect of wet cupping therapy on blood pressure stabilization in hypertensive patients in the city of Jambi