Study of Medicine Plants Etnopharmacy in Antihypertension in Karang Tunggal, Tenggarong Seberang, East Kalimantan

Ethnopharmacy is a branch of pharmaceutical science that studies the use of medicine and treatments carried out by certain ethnic regions or ethnic groups. The scope of ethnopharmacy includes medicines and treatments with natural ingredients. Hypertension is a condition of high blood pressure values where the systolic blood pressure value is more than equal to 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure is a more than equal to 90 mmHg. The aim is to find out the use of medicinal plants used as medicine. The method used is descriptive and quantitative methods. Sampling was taken using the purposive sampling method. The data obtained was analyzed by identifying medical plants by recording local names, parts used and Use Value (UV), Use Value values are based on indicating the species that are considered the most important. The results obtained from Karang Tunggal village were 14 medicinal plants, medicinal plants including cucumber, Mengkudu,Sungkai leaves, Salam leaves, and so on. The results obtained from 14 medicinal plants that had the highest Use Value (UV) were cucumber with a value of 0,15. The results of this research showed that there were 14 medicinal plants that have antihypertensive proporties in Karang Tunggal village. The way to use medicinal plants is to drink and eat, the dosage from of medicinal plants is decoction, juice, and pieces and the way to process medicinal plants is boiled, squeezed, and whole.