The Effect Of Green Betel Leaf Decoction (Betle Piper L) On Vaginal pH Levels

Tessa Siswina, Tessa Siswina and Henny Fitriani, Henny Fitriani and Santi Rahmawati (2018) The Effect Of Green Betel Leaf Decoction (Betle Piper L) On Vaginal pH Levels. In: International Seminar, 27-29 Agustus 2018, Jakarta.

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Abstract

According to WHO, almost all women and teenagers have experienced Fluor Albus 60% in adolescents (15-22 years) and 40% in women (23-45 years). Fluorine Albus occurs because the vaginal pH level is disturbed. PH balance is needed in the range of 3.8-4.2. Unwise vaginal cleaning such as the use of water and soap, betel juice and other commercial products can worsen the vaginal condition. Treatment with herbs is again favored in this era of back to nature. Green betel leaf (Piper betle L.) is one of the plants that grows in Indonesia. The content of phenol (karvacrol) and phenylpropane (eugenol and kavikol) in essential oils of green betel leaf serves as an antiseptic (bactericidal and fungicidal) which is very strong. Green betel leaf decoction water is used to cleanse the female genitals and avoid vaginal discharge. This research aim to find out whether there is an effect of water decoction of green betel leaf (piper betle L) on vaginal pH levels. The method using One group pretest-posttest design without control group. The population was all students of D III Midwifery level I of Pontianak Health Ministry Polytechnic at 44 people, and sampling technique with total population. Hypothesis testing using Wilcoxon test. There was a difference in vaginal pH levels before and after giving betel leaf water decoction to the D III Midwifery Level I student of the Ministry of Health Poltekkes Pontianak with a midpoint of vaginal pH level before being given a decoction of green betel leaf at 4.00 and after being given green betel leaf decoction the average value is 3.00, has a difference in vaginal pH level 1. Conclusion is there is an effect of giving water decoction of green betel leaf (piper betle L ) on vaginal pH levels in the D III Midwifery Level I Student of the Ministry of Health Poltekkes Pontianak.

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