Resistensi antibiotika yang meningkat dapat dihambat dengan cara menggunakan antibiotik secara rasional dan mengembangkan sediaan bahan alam yang ada sebagai alternatif pengobatan. Salah satu bahan alam yang dapat dimanfaatkan adalah bawang putih tunggal atau bahasa ilmiahnya adalah Allivum sativum Linn. Beberapa penelitian menyebutkan bahwa bawang putih tunggal memiliki berbagai manfaat, salah satunya sebagai antibakterikarena kandungan allicin, namun masih sedikit literatur yang melakukan penelitian terkait bawang putih tunggal. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat kandungan fitokimia bawang putih tunggal dan aktivitas antibakteri terhadap bakteri Staphylococcus aureus. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian semu eksperimental dengan menggunakan ekstrak etanol bawang putih tunggal untuk melihat kandungan fitokimia dan konsentrasi ekstrak100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% untuk melihat aktivitas antibakteri dengan aquadest steril sebagai kontrol negatif dan kloramfenikol sebagai kontrol positif. Penelitian dilakukan di Laboratorium Poltekkes Kemenkes Bengkulu. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ekstrak etanol bawang putih tunggal memili kandungan senyawa alkaloid, flavonoid, saponin dan tannin, sedangkan steroid tidak terdeteksi. Selain itu hasil uji aktivitas antibakteri terhadap S. aureus hanya terlihat pada konsentrasi ekstrak 100% dengan rata-rata diameter 9mm, sedangkan konsentrasi lainnya tidak menunjukkan aktivitas antibakteri.

Background: Osteoarthritis is a chronic, slowly progressive walking, not inflamed, and ischaracterized by deterioration and abrasion of articular cartilage and the formation of newbone at the joint surface. Osteoarthritis cause various health problems that decrease theability of physiological, psychological change, economic and social. Physiological problemsin elderly with osteoarthritis is pain. One of the plants used as herbal medicine to reduce thepain of osteoarthritis is the rhizome of the plant red ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe).Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of ginger compress to decreaseosteoarthritis pain scale in the elderly at District Puskesmas Kampung Delima 2016.Methods: This study used a pre-experimental design with one-group pre-posttest design, thestudy samples study is 36 respondents by purposive sampling technique. All respondents weregiven ginger compress one time for ± 20 minutes. Pain scale measurements carried outbefore and after ginger compress. Test used is dependent t-test. Results: The result of analysisused a dependent t-test showed that a mean difference of osteoarthritis pain scale before andafter ginger compress 1,72 + 0,741 with ρ=0.000 (ρ<0.05). This show that ginger compressaffects scale of osteoarthritis pain in elderly. Conclusions : For health workers to providehealth education on therapeutic use of herbal compress of ginger in relieving osteoarthritispain.

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Background: Wet noodles (raw wet noodles or wet noodles) are one of a kind of noodles that are widely known and favored by Indonesian. The use of borax is still high based on POM Bengkulu. Indonesia ranks is second after korea. The wet noodle industry is widespread in many parts of Indonesia and is mostly produced by home industries, and small or medium industries. The use of this borax in foods because boric acid can inhibit the growth of microorganisms, so the food has been added borax looks fresh and durable lasting. This study aims to identify the presence or absence of borax in wet noodles in the city of Bengkulu 2017.Research Objectives: To identify at least the wet noodle slippers sold in traditional Bengkulu City 2017.Method: This research method is qualitative test of kurkuma paper test method, the sample in this research is 33 wet noodles sold in traditional market of Bengkulu City with sampling technique of simplerandom sampling.Result: Result of research from 33 wet noodles sold in traditional market of Bengkulu City, found most of 22 (66,66%) wet noodle containing borax. In the kurkuma method, a positive sample contains borax, with reddish brown or red brick. The characteristics of wet noodles that contain borax texture is chewy, more shiny, not sticky, and not quickly broken.Conclusion: Most (66.66%) found the borax on wet noodles sold in traditional markets of Bengkulu City. So it is necessary to socialize from Dinkes to traders about the danger of borax, and can minimize the use of borax by wet noodle traders.

Background: Urine crystals are conditions in which the formation of stones in the outlet of the urine can be in the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. The incidence of urinary tract stones (BSK) is more prevalent in people who sit in many jobs such as convection workers (tailors), because it interferes with the body's metabolism process and will cause bone loss calcium bleeding, will further spur the formation of urine crystals that will lead to the emergence of urinary tract stones. The purpose of this study is to know whether there is a relationship between the old habit of sitting on the process of formation of urine crystals at tailors in the city of Bengkulu Method: Using a cross sectional design with a sample of 30 respondents. The morning urine of the respondent is examined microscopically by the presence or absence of urine crystals found. Then the data is analyzed by using spearman correlation. Result: Long habits seated at tailors in bengkulu city area in 2017 with a sample of 30 samples known mean habits of seats sat tail mean is 8 hours and with median value of 7.94 hours, a minimum value of 7 hours and a maximum value of 10 hours. The result of statistic by using spearman test result p = 0,10 (p> 0,05) so there is no relation between old habit of sitting with process of urine crystals forming at tailor in city region Bengkulu Conclusion: There is no relation between old habit of sitting to process of crystal formation urine on tailors in the city area of Bengkulu