<![CDATA[Normal acute wounds will heal through the phases of wound healing. The main goal in wound treatment is to heal the wound in the shortest time. Binahong leaves (Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis) has been used by the Indonesian as a traditional medicine to heal wounds. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Binahong leaves ointment (Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis) against acute wounds healing of mice (Mus musculus) This research is a form of True Experiment with the Post-test Only Control Group Design. The sample consisted of 32 mice (Mus musculus) that were selected by simple random sampling technique, which is divided into two groups, the control group and the treatment group. The treatment group was given Binahong leaves ointment (Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis) wound care, meanwhile the control group was given povidone iodine ointment wounds care. Wound length was measured using calipers. The seventh day wound length used for analyzing data. The results obtained by the average of 0.1069 seventh day length wound in the treatment group and in the control group were 0.4325. Based on Independent-Samples T Test, the difference was statistically significant, with a t value of 7.295 and p-value of 0.000, which means there was an influence of Binahong leaves ointment (Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis) against acute wound healing of mice (Mus musculus)]]>
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