PEMBERIAN AROMATERAPI MINYAK PEPPERMINT SECARA INHALASI BERPENGARUH TERHADAP PENURUNAN MUAL MUNTAH PADA IBU HAMIL DI PMB LINDA SILALAHI PANCUR BATU TAHUN 2019 Rismahara Lubis 1, Sonya Evita, 2 Yusniar Siregar 1 1 Dosen Poltekkes Kemenkes Medan Jurusan Kebidanan Medan 2 Mahasiswa Poltekkes Kemenkes Medan Jurusan Kebidanan Jl. Jamin Ginting Km.13.5 Kelurahan Lau Cih, Medan Tuntungan, Sumatera Utara Email: 1 sonyaevita@gmail.com, 2 rismaharalubis@gmail.com, 3 yusniarsiregar@yahoo.com PROVISION OF PEPPERMINT OIL AROMATERAPY INFLUENCE AGAINST REDUCTION OF VOMITINGIN PREGNANT MOTHER IN LINDA SILALAHI PMB PANCUR BATU IN 2019 ABSTRACT Feelings of nausea and vomiting are one of the discomforts that are often found in pregnancy and which usually occur early in pregnancy. The handling of vomiting and nausea can be done through non-pharmacological therapy in the form of peppermint oil inhaled aromatherapy that is noninstructive, non-invasive, inexpensive, effective and has no side effects. This study aims to determine the effect of peppermint oil inhaled aromatherapy on decreasing the nausea and vomiting in pregnant women at the private clinic of Linda Silalahi Pancur Batu. This research is a pre- experimental study designed with one group pretest posttest designs examining 15 pregnant women as samples obtained through purposive sampling techniques. Then the data were analyzed by the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test and based on the results of the study it was found that before the inhalation of the peppermint oil aromatherapy, majority of the pregnant women experienced moderate nausea, 12 people (80%), but after the aromatherapy majority of pregnant women did not experience nausea vomiting, 12 people (80%). It was also found that differences in the mean scores of nausea and vomiting of pregnant women before and after inhalation of peppermint oil aromatherapy were 6.13. Through the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test obtained p value of 0.001, which means that there is an effect aromatherapy to decrease nausea and vomiting in pregnant women at private clinic of Linda Silalahi Pancur Batu. Pregnant women who experience nausea and vomiting can use peppermint oil inhaled aromatherapy to reduce the use of pharmacological therapy. Keywords : Nausea and Vomiting, Peppermint Aromatherapy ABSTRAK Salah satu ketidaknyamanan dalam kehamilan adalah mual muntah yang biasanya terjadi pada awal kehamilan. Keluhan mual muntah terjadi pada 60-80% primigravida dan 40-60% pada multigravida. Penatalaksanaan mual muntah dapat dilakukan dengan memberikan terapi nonfarmakologis berupa aromaterapi minyak peppermint secara inhalasi yang bersifat noninstruktif, noninfasif, murah, efektif dan tidak mempunyai efek samping yang merugikan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh pemberian aromaterapi minyak peppermint secara inhalasi terhadap penurunan mual muntah pada ibu hamil di PMB Linda Silalahi Pancur Batu. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian Pra Eksperimental dengan rancangan One Group Pretest Posttest Designs. Sampel berjumlah 15 orang ibu hamil yang diambil dengan teknik Purposive Sampling. Analisis data menggunakan Uji Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebelum diberikan aromaterapi minyak peppermint secara inhalasi mayoritas ibu hamil mengalami mual muntah sedang sebanyak 12 orang (80%) dan setelah diberikan aromaterapi minyak peppermint secara inhalasi mayoritas ibu hamil tidak mengalami mual muntah sebanyak 12 orang (80%). Ada perbedaan nilai rata-rata skor mual muntah ibu hamil sebelum dan sesudah pemberian aromaterapi minyak peppermint secara inhalasi sebesar 6,13. Hasil uji Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test diperoleh nilai p value 0,001 yang artinya ada pengaruh