Jurnal Sains dan Kesehatan
Vol. 1 No. 7 (2017): Jurnal Sains dan Kesehatan

Pola Penggunaan Obat Bahan Alam Sebagai Terapi Komplementer pada Pasien Hipertensi Di Puskesmas

Swandari Paramita (Unknown)
Ronny Isnuwardana (Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda Kalimantan Timur)
Muhammad Khairul Nuryanto (Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda Kalimantan Timur)
Ruth Djalung (Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda Kalimantan Timur)
Dewi Guntar Rachmawatiningtyas (Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda Kalimantan Timur)
Prilandy Jayastri (Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda Kalimantan Timur)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2017

Abstract

Hypertension is a major health problem throughout the world, including Indonesia. The use of traditional medicine as part of the treatment of hypertension is increasing in the last decade. This is due to several factors, especially traditional medicine is a cheaper alternative with fewer undesirable side effects. This study tried to look at the pattern of use of natural medicine as a complementary therapy in hypertensive patients at the health center. The study is a descriptive study conducted in Puskesmas Sempaja Samarinda in the period September 2016, interviewing 62 hypertension patients with the use of natural medicine. The results showed 70.9% of patients with hypertension in the health center also uses natural medicines. All patients using herbal medicine which in theory is proven to lower blood pressure. However, there is no natural medicines used include standardized herbal medicine or phytopharmacy. Only 15.2% of patients using herbal medicine in accordance with the criteria BPOM regulation on herbal medicine. For conclusions, this study shows the patients still need to be educated for the use of natural medicine in the management of hypertension.

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jsk

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology

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Jurnal Sains dan Kesehatan (J. Sains. Kes) (e-ISSN 2407-6082, p-ISSN 2303-0267), is a national journal with ISSN and published four times a year in 2015. In 2016 the publishing frequency changed to twice a year. In 2021 the frequency increased to six times a year. Jurnal Sains dan Kesehatan is ...