Abstract:
The aim of this research is to analize the effect of cupping therapy in reducing primary
hypertension patients’s blood pressure. The research was conducted at the Pusat
Pengobatan Al-Jawad, Kereta Api Street, Pekanbaru. The design used in this research was
pre-experimental method with one group pretest-posttest design which consisted of only
the experimental group. The sampling technique explored was purposive sampling with 15
hypertension patients which were selected based on inclusion criteria. Measuring
instruments used are sphygmomanometer. Respondents were given the intervention with
cupping therapy 1 time a week for 2 weeks. Data analysis applied in the research were
univariate and bivariate by using dependent sample t test, independent sample t test,
wilcoxon, and mann-whitney. The result showed that mean of blood pressure before
cupping therapy was 166/96,67, while the mean of blood pressure after cupping therapy
was 140/75,67. The result of the research indicated decrease of blood pressure after
intervention given with P value = 0,000. The conclusion of the research is that cupping
therapy can help patient with primary hypertension to reduce their blood pressure.
