Efektivitas Memordoca Carantia (Pare) Terhadap Penurunan Kadar Glukosa Darah

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease characterized by the occurrence of hyperglycemia and a disruption of carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism that is associated with absolute or relative deficiencies of work or insulin secretion. The selection of non pharmological treatment using herbal medicines is a phenomenon that is often used by ordinary people as a treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of memordica carantia (pare) to decrease blood glucose levels. This study used the quasi experimental design method with a one group pretest posttest design approach. The technique used for sampling uses probability sampling techniques with a simple random sampling model. The number of samples in this study were 23 respondents. Instrument in this study uses Glucotest.