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Tekanan darah tinggi atau hipertensi adalah kondisi medis dimana terjadi peningkatan tekanan darah secara kronis ( dalam jangka waktu lama). Hipertensi termasuk dalam lima besar penyakit yang menyebabkan kematian tertinggi di Indonesia. Pada tahun 2012 diperkirakan 20 juta orang Indonesia menderita hipertensi. Cincau dan buah belimbing telah dikenal bangsa Indonesia sebagai salah satu obat alternatif bagi penderita hipertensi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektifitas air remasan cincau dan buah belimbing manis terhadap penurunan tekanan darah pada pasien hipertensi di Nagari Padang Tarok Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Padang Tarok Kecamatan Baso Kabupaten Agam Tahun 2014. Jenis penelitian ini adalah Quasi-eksperimen dengan rancangan test dalam satu kelompok (one-group pretest-posttest). Penelitian ini dilakukan pada bulan Desember 2014 dengan jumlah populasi sebanyak 297 orang. Teknik sampling yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah purposive sampling sehingga didapatkan sampel sebanyak 20 orang sampel. Pengumpulan data pada penelitian ini dilakukan melalui observasi yaitu pengukuran tekanan darah responden. Pengolahan data hasil penelitian dilakukan secara komputerisasi menggunakan uji t- dependent test untuk mengetahui efektifitas masing-masing tindakan dan uji t-independent test untuk mengetahui tingkat efektifitas antara air remasan cincau dan belimbing manis. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa pemberian air remasan cincau efektif terhadap penurunan tekanan darah pasien hipertensi dengan rata-rata penurunan tekanan darah sebesar 4,40/ 3,30 mmHg dan nilai p = 0,000/0,000 dan pemberian jus belimbing manis juga efektif terhadap penurunan tekanan darah pasien hipertensi dengan rata-rata penurunan tekanan darah sebesar 5,40/3,10 mmHg dengan nilai p = 0,000/0,000. Pemberian air remasan cincau dan belimbing manis sama-sama efektif terhadap penurunan tekanan darah dan tidak terdapat perbedaan rata-rata penurunan yang berarti dengan nilai p = 0,41/0,72. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa pemberian air remasan cincau dan pemberian belimbing manis sama-sama efektif terhadap penurunan tekanan darah penderita hipertensi. Diharapkan kepada masyarakat, khususnya penderita hipertensi untuk dapat memanfaatkan air remasan cincau dan belimbing manis sebagai salah satu upaya pengobatan dan pencegahan hipertensi.

High blood pressure or hypertension is a medical condition in which an increasing blood pressure happens chronically (in a long-term). Hypertension is included in the five major diseases which cause death in Indonesia. In 2012, it was estimated that 20 million people in Indonesia suffered from hypertension. Grass jelly and starfruit have been known in Indonesia as one of alternative medicines for hypertension patients. This research aims to determine the effectiveness of giving Grass Jellys Squeezed Water and Starfruit juice against blood pressure for Hypertension patients in Padang Tarok in Public Health Center Area Padang Tarok, Baso subdistric Agam regency in 2014. This research is a quasi-experimental research using test design in one group (one-group pretest-posttest). This research was conducted in December 2014 with total population of 297 people. The sampling technique used in this research was purposive sampling, so the sample obtained was 20 people. Collecting data in this research was done through observation which was done by measuring the respondents blood pressure. Data processing in this research was computerized using t-dependent test to determine the effectiveness of each action and t-independent test to determine the level of effectiveness between the grass jellys squeezed water and starfruit. The result of this research showed that giving the grass jellys squeezed water is effective to decrease the blood pressure in hypertensive patients with the average of blood pressure reduction at 4.40/3.30 mmHg and the p value=0.000/0.000. In addition, giving starfruit juice is also effective to decrease the blood pressure in hypertensive patients with the average blood pressure reduction at 5.40/3.10mmHg and p=0,000/0,000. So, giving grass jellys squeezed water and star fruit juice are equally effective to decrease blood pressure and there is no significant difference between them in the decrease of blood pressure with p=0.41/0.72. In conclusion, giving the grass jellys squeezed water and starfruit juice is equally effective to decrease the blood pressure for the hypertensive patients. It is expected for people, especially hypertensive patients, to be able to make use of the grass jellys squeezed water and starfruit juice as one of the efforts to treat and prevent hypertension.