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Dysmenorrhea is reportedly the most gynecolical problem. Primary dysmenorrhea often more happens than secondary dysmenorrhea where the rate of accident at about 72,8% to the fourth grade of Nursing Students of School of Health Yarsi Sumbar in the year of 2015. Ginger is one of herb plant that can be used to prevent primary dysmenorrhea. The purpose of the research is to know the effectiveness of giving boiled red ginger water for the reduction of primary dysmenorrhea. The population of the research is the fourth grade students of School of Health YARSI Sumbar Bukittinggi who suffer from primary dysmenorrhea. There are 10 samples for this research. This research uses pre-experimental design with the method of one group pretest posttest to test the changes that occur after the experiment done. The instrument for the research uses NRS (Numerical Rating Scale) to measure the pain scale on the primary dysmenorrhea with the range of 0 – 10. The result of the bivariate analysis with the dependent sample T-test show that there is found the effectiveness of giving the boiled red ginger extract to the reduction of primary dysmenorrhea with the value of p = 0.001 which means p< 0.05. This happens because there is red ginger has gingerol substances that funtions to reduce the pain during the menstruation period. It is suggested to use the boiled red ginger extract to prevent primary dysmenorrhea during the menstruation period.