<![CDATA[In Indonesia it was reported that the incidence of febrile seizures was 3-5% of children aged 6 months–5 in 2017-2018. this figure continues to increase to 6% in 2019 (Sulystowati, 2019). The tepid sponge compress method is also effective for reducing fever in children (Hamid, 2012). Then the use of traditional medicine, namely using onion compresses to reduce fever in children (Christianto, 2012). Research Methods: Quantitative with the quasy experiment method one group pre post test without control with a population of all children under five and the number of samples used was 27 respondents who were taken by accidental sampling and tested using the chi square test with α = 0.05. Research Results: Of the 27 respondents, the majority were infants at the age of 1-2 years, 18 respondents (66.7%), based on gender the majority were female, 15 respondents (55.6%), while based on the majority's weight ≥4000gr, there were 27 respondents (100 %) The results of the chi square statistical test obtained a p value of 0.005. The majority of respondents with a fever of children under five were 24 respondents (88.9%), the majority of respondents with a child's body temperature were not fever, namely 8 respondents (29.6%) . Conclusion: It is hoped that this research will provide useful information for parents who have toddlers with fever and improve services for children with toddlers with fever.]]>
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