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Background: Menstrual pain is lower abdominal pain originating from uterine cramps and occurs during menstruation. Menstrual pain occurs due to an increase of progesterone hormone. Menstrual pain is often experienced by teenagers and is very disturbing daily activities, thus requiring handling to reduce menstrual pain. Aromatherapy lavender is one of the treatment to reduce menstrual pain. Aims: This study aims to determine the influence of lavender aromatherapy on alleviating of menstrual pain in teenagers in Polanharjo. Methods: The method used in this research was Pre Experimental with One Group Pre-test Post-test design on the 16 female teenegers who experience menstrual pain. NRS (Numeric Rating Scale) was utilized to assess the scale of pain. Results : The results shown that the mean before lavender aromatherapy was given 3.69 and the mean after given lavender aromatherapy 2.06. Once given lavender aromatherapy there was a decrease in pain 1.63. Result of data analysis got P = 0,000, α = 0,05. Conclusion: The conclusions of this study indicate that lavender Aromatherapy affected to alleviate of menstrual pain.