EFFECTIVENESS OF ZINGIBER OFFICINALE AND HONEY AGAINST EMESIS GRAVIDARUM IN PREGNANT WOMEN

Abstract

Pregnant women frequently have emesis gravidarum in the morning, however it can happen at any moment during the night. These symptoms often start six weeks after the last menstrual cycle and continue for at least ten weeks. Many factors influence the occurrence of emesis gravidarum. If emesis gravidarum is not treated properly, it will have an impact on the health of the mother and baby, therefore efforts are needed to treat emesis gravidarum, one of which is by giving a brew of zingiber officinale (ginger) and honey. The goals of the research are to investigate whether administering honey and zingiber officinale (ginger) to pregnant women can prevent emesis gravidarum. A quasi-experiment with a single group pre-post test design was employed in this study. The sample in this study was 32 pregnant women who experienced emesis gravidarum in Independent Practicing Midwife (BPM) Nanik using purposive sampling technique. The Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis (PUQE-24) is the tool utilized in this study. The Wilcoxon statistical test was employed for data analysis. According to the results, there was a significant difference in reducing emesis gravidarum in pregnant women before and after intervention for seven days at a frequency of twice daily (p value (0.00) < (0.05). This indicate that zingiber officinale (ginger) and honey are effective in reducing emesis gravidarum in pregnant women.