Edukasi Minum Kunyit Asam dan Yoga dalam Mengatasi Dismenore pada Remaja Putri di Desa Pondok Meja

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is menstrual pain that occurs for one to several days during menstruation and is a major gynecological problem that women often complain about. Efforts to treat menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) with abdominal stretching exercises and drinking water therapy are effective for non-pharmacological measures in reducing the intensity of menstrual pain or dysmenorrhea. In addition, dysmenorrhea can also be overcome through exercise, one of which is exercise with the aim of helping blood flow to the muscles around the uterus so that pain can be reduced. Other non-pharmacological actions using herbal plants, namely sour turmeric drink which is effective as an alternative in overcoming dysmenorrhea. The purpose of this community service is to increase the knowledge and skills of young women in overcoming dysmenorrhea. The method/approach used was to assess the knowledge of young women before and after education about turmeric acid and yoga in overcoming dysmenorrhea. After participating in a series of activities according to the implementation plan, the results obtained are: before the education was carried out, 75 young women 67 (95.7%) knew that drinking tamarind reduces dysmenorrhea and 0 (0%) did not know that yoga can also reduce dysmenorrhea. After education, 7 (9.3%) people and 31 (41.3%) people combined drinking tamarind and doing yoga to reduce dysmenorrhea.