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Introduction: Ginger is one of the herbal plants that has been known for a long time. However, most people did not know further about the benefits of ginger for pregnant women. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the ginger effect to compress the lower back in third-trimester pregnant women. Methods: The data were used in this study obtained from the intensity of pain felt by pregnant women in the third trimester. This study involved 10 respondents who were collected by purposive sampling technique. The analysis used in this study was to determine the difference in the level of the back before the ginger compress and after the ginger compress in the third trimester of pregnant women using the Wilcoxon test. Results: This study shows that the significant value of ρ=0.005<0.05, from these results, it was shown that there is an effect of ginger compresses on reducing back pain in third-trimester pregnant women. Conclusion: This study was conducted to analyze the effect of ginger compress on the lower back in third-trimester pregnant women. Furthermore, this study proves that ginger compress can significantly reduce back pain in the third-trimester pregnant women

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