<p><strong>Background</strong>: Dysmenorrhea is a common complaint in young women, characterized by pain. Dysmenorrhea pain has a significant impact on women's lives, such as limitations in daily activities. Primary dysmenorrhea can be treated using yoga and self-tapping. </p><p><strong>Objective:</strong> understanding differences on use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), such as yoga and self-tapping towards changing long pain of primary dysmenorrheal.  </p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Study was conducted by quasi experiment with nonequivalent pretest-posttest control group design. Study was conducted on November 2016 until February2017 in SMK “A” Pedan Klaten and SMK “B” Klaten.<em> </em>Sample of study amounted 88 respondent divided on 47 respondents on experimental group and 41 respondent as control group. The experimental group was given a yoga intervention; control group was given self-tapping. Measuring tool using Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). Data analysis using t-test for independent sample,<em> </em>Mann-Whitney test and Wilcoxon.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Statistically yoga and self-tapping were equally effective in reducing the long pain of primary dysmenorrheal with p values of 0.000 and 0.012 respectively. Clinically yoga is more effective in reducing the long pain of primary dysmenorrhea with mean 1,49 compared with self-tapping 0,46.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Yoga become more effective intervention on reduction long pain of<strong> </strong>primary dysmenorrhea compared to self-tapping.</p>