Henna leaves (impatiens balsamina l) on pathological leukorrhea in premarital women

Abstract

Leucorrhoea is fluid that produced by vagina. Maintaining the cleanliness of genetal devices is crucial to prevent leukorrhea, and reproductive diseases, especially cervical cancer. One of the non-pharmacological treatment of leukorrhea is the use of water henna leaves. It is expected to overcome  pathological leukorrhea. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the use of henna on leukorrhea pathological in premarital women. This was quasy experimental with one group pre-post test design with a population of women who were premarital age in the working area of the Bukittinggi Guguk Panjang Public Health Center. by using a simple random sampling technique, a sample of 9 respondents was obtained and data collection using structured observation and  interview sheets. Then the normality statistical test was performed Shapiro Wilk with the results of the data normally distributed and using the Paired T Test with a significance level of p <0.05 in bivariate analysis. The results showed that there is an influence of the influence of the use of  henna leaves on leukorrhea pathological. a reduction in the symptoms of leukorrhea is due to the influence of the water content of henna leaves, namely active compounds such as flavonoids and saponins that function as antimicrobials and antifungal. It is expected that the use of water henna leaves can be used as an alternative to overcome leukorrhea and efforts to prevent reproductive diseases, especially cervical cancer.