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The study aimed to analyze cases of management in hypertensive patients with a therapeutic intervention of lemongrass warm foot bath on the reduction of blood pressure. The writing design used is a case report. Participants in the preparation of case reports with medical diagnosis of hypertension, The focus of the study in this study is clients with nursing and diagnosis problems, namely clients who experience increased blood pressure with hypertension. The research instruments used were observation of blood pressure of hypertension patients and nursing care reports. The research was carried out at RW 24 Batursari, Mranggen Demak. The time for data collection is for the first and second patients on November 5, 2024 – November 07, 2024 with the length of data collection time to be carried out on patients, which is a minimum of 3 days of treatment. Based on the results of the final evaluation on both subjects, all of these diagnoses were successfully resolved. Diagnoses that were successfully completed in the first subjects included acute pain, impaired physical mobility, knowledge deficit, and risk of falls. Meanwhile, the diagnoses that were successfully overcome in the second subject were acute pain, sleep pattern disorders, knowledge deficits, and spiritual distress.

Background:  Elderly is a condition where a person is 60 years old. Hypertension is a condition of a person who has mixture of salt and lemongrass that can facilitate blood circulation in the body. systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg and diastolic 80 mmHg. Data from the Kaliwungu Health Center (2023) shows that the number of hypertensive elderly is 18 elderly people. Non-pharmacological therapy that can be done by soaking warm water feet with aObjective: to determine the effect of the application of foot soak therapy using warm water with salt and lemongrass on blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension in Kaliwungu Village, Semarang Regency. Method: this application uses a case study research design with prestest and post-test design. Samples were 2 elderly people who had 2nd degree hypertension. Results: the application of  there was a decrease in blood pressure that was different between respondent 1 and respondent 2 after the application of warm water foot soak with salt and lemongrass for 3 consecutive days for 20 minutes. Both respondents were categorized as grade 2 hypertension decreased to normal-high based on the PDHI classification (2019). Conclusion: Application of warm water foot soak with a mixture of salt and lemongrass can lower blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension.