the PENGARUH KONSUMSI JAHE TERHADAP NYERI DISMENORE PRIMER PADA WANITA USIA SUBUR PENGARUH KONSUMSI JAHE TERHADAP NYERI DISMENORE PRIMER PADA WANITA USIA SUBUR

Abstract

Dysmenorrhea is one of the causes of women's discomfort during menstruation. This discomfort will cause disruption of daily activities. Dysmenorrhea can be overcome by giving non-pharmacological therapy, namely ginger. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of ginger consumption on dysmenorrhea pain in women of childbearing age. Methods: This research design uses a Literature Review obtained from 3 databases, namely Pubmed, Wiley, and Google Scholar using inclusion and exclusion criteria. Key words in English used in the literature search: “Ginger”, “Zingiber officinale”, “Dysmenorrhea”, “Diet therapy”, “Ginger for dysmenorrhea”. Keywords in Indonesian used in the literature search: “Ginger against dysmenorrhea”, “Herbal medicine against dysmenorrhea”. Results: From 15 journals found, all journals showed the effect of ginger consumption in reducing dysmenorrhea pain. Ginger as a very significant pain reliever and in some studies also used analgesics as a comparison. Ginger is effective in reducing dysmenorrhea but at different doses. Conclusion: ginger can reduce dysmenorrhea and can be used as an alternative herbal medicine in overcoming dysmenorrhea. However, from all journals, although it is proven that ginger can reduce dysmenorrhea pain, there is no evidence that can be used to convince an efficacy of the dose used because there is no clear difference in effectiveness between doses.