Table 5.

Effect of Herb Tasting and Smelling on physiological indices.

Physiological Indices	Pre-Test	Post-Test	p	t	Effect Size
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	133.6 ± 4.0	137.0 ± 4.0	0.571	0.571	0.17
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	81.9 ± 2.1	83.5 ± 2.2	0.605	0.521	0.16
Pulse rate (bpm)	75.8 ± 2.3	70.0 ± 2.0	0.075	−1.825	0.55
Salivary amylase activity (KU/L)	57.4 ± 13.3	18.0 ± 4.2	0.010 *	−2.714	0.82

Data are expressed as the mean± standard error. t: The t-test statistic for a paired sample t-test; p: The p-value (probability value) for the t-test statistic. * was considered significant at p < 0.05 paired-sample t-test. The effect size is reported by Cohen’s d.