A condition where a birth canal tear occurs naturally or due to an incision made in the perineum during delivery of the fetus is the definition of a perineal wound. Handling perineal wounds can be done with traditional treatments, namely by using herbal medicines, for example, making betel leaf boiled water as cebok water or vulva hygiene that can be used to heal perineal wounds because the betel leaf boiled water has many benefits and contains many active compounds. This study aimed to determine the effect of giving vulva hygiene boiled water of white betel leaf on the rate of healing of perineal wounds. This research method is quantitative analytic observational with this type of research design using a quasi-experimental method with a pretest-posttest one-group design. The study was conducted on June 20, 2021, to June 30, 2021, with a sample of 14 people using the total sampling technique. Aspects of data measurement using observation sheets with data analysis. Based on the bivariate analysis using the paired t-test test, it was found that the p-value = 000 (p<0.05) that there was an effect of vulva hygiene use of boiled water of white betel leaf on the rate of healing of perineal wounds in postpartum mothers on the first day at Tinatapura Hospital Palu. It is recommended to health workers, to provide health promotion to postpartum women about perineal care using traditional medicines such as betel leaf.
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