Perbedaan Tekanan Darah Sebelum Dan Sesudah Rendam Kaki Air Hangat Jahe Merah (Zingiber Officinale Farrubrum) Pada Lansia Dengan Hipertensi Di Rt 17 Kelurahan Talang Betutu Palembang

Backround: Every human physiologically his body will experience a decline in function when he enters the age of the elderly. Hypertension that occurs due to a decrease in elasticity, thickening and narrowing of the blood vessel lumen. The red ginger water foot soak is a non- pharmachological effect so that the body will relax more and reduce stiffiness in blood vessels and facilitate blood flow. Objective: To know the difference in blood pressure before and after soaking red ginger warm water feet in the elderly with hypertension. Method: This study used a quantitative method with Quasi Experiment design with a Time Series Design Pretest and Posttest design. The data collection technique uses Total Sampling with a sample of 23 respondents. Results: In this study the average blood pressure before the foot bath of red ginger warm water was 163,04/93,83 mmHg. After being given red ginger water foot soak the average blood pressure value is 135,65/87,78 mmHg. With the results of the paired test, the T-test samples have differences in blood pressure before and after soaking the red ginger warm water feet with a value of before and after systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 0,000. Suggestion: For this reason, it is hoped that the soak of red ginger water can be used as a support for conventional medicine