THE EFFICACY OF THUNBERGIA LAURIFOLIA’S ROOT TREE CAPSULE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN BREATH

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the efficacy of Thunbergia laurifolia root capsule in reducing
the amount of alcohol breath, and to analyze the amount of alcohol in the breath from the period after drinking. The experimental research was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) and double-blinded clinical trial. The samples consisted of 58 men who were interested in this research in Muang district,
Chachoengsao province, passed all the Inclusion- exclusion criteria and equally (29 persons) divided
by simple random sampling into two groups-experimen and control. The data were collected by
breath alcohol testing. The data were analyzed using a statistical independent samples t-test.
The research findings were as follows: 1) Eating Thunbergia laurifolia root capsule caused the alcohol
content in the breath samples helped decreasing more than those who did not eat the capsule significantly at the level of 0.05. The efficacy of reducing the alcohol content in the sample of the breath was effective from 15 minutes, and could reduce the alcohol content by 66.29% in 2 hours to 93.32%. 2) Eating Thunbergia laurifolia root capsule had the alcohol content in the breath for each period of time, different from those who did not eat the capsule. The experimental group had the highest mean value of 77.32±23.31 mg% and the lowest 5.16±6.34 mg%. The control group had the highest mean value of 71.27±11.97 mg% and the lowest 22.58±6.97 mg%. It was shown that the means, maximum and minimum of each period of the two groups were different at a 95% confidence interval.