OPTIMALKAN KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT: SOSIALISASI SWAMEDIKASI KOMPREHENSIF HIPERTENSI MELALUI PENGOBATAN TRADISIONAL PADA MASYARAKAT RT 03 DUSUN KEDON DESA REJOSARI

Abstract

Self- medication is an effort to self- medicate, the implementation of which involves
recognizing the symptoms of a disease and selecting the medication on one's own initiative
without going to a doctor or other health worker. Hypertension is a health problem that is
quite dangerous throughout the world because hypertension is the main risk factor that
leads to cardiovascular disease such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke and kidney
disease. Alternative medicine or preventative measures are conventional medicine. The
use of traditional medicine, especially plants, to improve public health is increasingly
widespread. The use of medicinal plants, either alone or in combination, has long been
used to reduce the symptoms of high blood pressure. Medicinal plants that are known to
lower blood pressure include celery leaves and cat's whisker leaves. Both plants contain
compounds that can help prevent high blood pressure. The aim of this activity is to increase
p ublic awareness of the importance of maintaining normal blood pressure and to find out
the effect of giving traditional plant preparations which can be used as antihypertensives
on the blood pressure of residents of RT 3 Bandongan District who experience
h ypertension