Background: Leg edema is found in about 80% of pregnant women in the third trimester, which occurs due to uterine flexion which inhibits venous return and the pull of gravity which causes greater fluid retention. Leg edema if left untreated can cause discomfort, a feeling of heaviness, and cramping at night. So foot edema must be treated. One of them is by non-pharmacological methods, namely by foot massage 

and warm footbath with aromatic ginger. This study aims to analyze the effect of foot message and warm footbath with aromatic ginger on foot edema among pregnant woman in klinik satria mekar 2022.

Objective: To determine the effect of foot message and warm footbath with aromatic ginger on foot edema among pregnant woman in klinik satria mekar 2022.

Methods: This quast-experimental study used a one group pretest and posttest design. The sample in this study were pregnant women with leg edema as many as 20 people, the sampling technique was purposive sampling. The instrument uses the SOP and the pitting scale observation sheet. The data were analyzed using the Wiloxcontest.

Results: Univariate analysis showed that the average degree of leg edema before the intervention was grade 3+ and after the intervention was grade 1+. Bivariate analysis showed that there was an effect of foot message and warm footbath with aromatic ginger on foot edema among pregnant woman p-value <0.05.

Conclusions and Suggestions: the effect of foot message and warm footbath with aromatic ginger on foot edema among pregnant woman.it is expectedIt is hoped that health workers can apply and teach foot massage therapy and soak warm water mixed with kencur in pregnant women who experience leg edema.

Keywords: foot edema,pregnant women, foot message

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