Integration of Education and Utilization of Local Butterfly Pea Plants as a Family’s Independent Effort in Managing Hypertension

Abstract

The prevalence of hypertension in Banjarmasin City continues to increase, with Mantuil Village being one of the areas with quite high cases of hypertension. One effort that can be made is to provide an alternative solution by using local plants in treating hypertension at home. This community service activity tries to educate and recommend the treatment of hypertension, by using Telang flowers as a traditional tea that is easy to find in residents' yards. This service activity is carried out using training methods, counseling and assistance to cadres as well as blood pressure checks. This activity was carried out together with Posbindu cadres at the Mantuil Community Health Center who are under the supervision of the Pekauman Community Health Center work area. The activity took place in 3 stages over 3 weeks with a target of 40 participants suffering from hypertension in the Mantuil health center working area. In the first week, counseling and blood pressure checks were conducted for hypertension sufferers and taught how to process butterfly pea flowers into tea to lower blood pressure. Furthermore, in the second week, assistance was provided to the sufferers to consume butterfly pea flower tea once per day for 1 week, then in the third week another health examination was carried out to evaluate changes in blood pressure of hypertension sufferers. The results achieved were that 84% of community groups who had been given education were able to process butterfly pea flower tea according to the guidelines provided and as many as 80% of hypertension sufferers experienced a decrease in blood pressure results. Providing education and assistance by using local plants such as butterfly pea flowers can be one of the herbal alternatives that the community can use in the management of hypertension.