. 2014 Mar 31;10:32. doi: 10.1186/1746-4269-10-32

Table 4.

Daily dosage in dry plant equivalent per kg metabolic body weight (g/kg^0.75) of homemade single species herbal remedies (HSHR) used in orally administered preparations

Plant species with ≥ 3 reported HSHR and documented dosage	Daily dose [g/kg^0.75]				Determined daily dose [g/kg^0.75] in Aargau, Zurich and Schaffhausen (arithmetic mean) [16]	Converted animal daily dose [g/kg^0.75] (Reichling et al. [41])	Converted human daily dose [g/kg^0.75] (ESCOP [42])
	Calf (75 kg)	Cattle (650 kg)	Others¹	Arithmetic mean (median; minimum value- maximum value)
	(MWB = 25.5 kg^0.75)	(MBW = 128.7 kg^0.75)	Others¹	Arithmetic mean (median; minimum value- maximum value)
*Coffea arabica* L. Semen (18)	0.04	0.04, 0.06, 0.06, 0.07,	0.11²,1.58³	0.35	0.37	-	-
		0.09, 0.13, 0.19, 0.19,		0.35
		0.31, 0.31, 0.45, 0.45,		(0.19; 0.04-1.58)
		0.51, 0.71, 1.06		(0.19; 0.04-1.58)
*Urtica dioica* L. Herba (18)	0.55, 2.21	0.02, 0.02, 0.03, 0.10,	0.06⁴, 0.53⁵, 0.79⁶, 0.90⁵, 1.05⁴	0.49	2.39	0.19-0.39⁷	0.35-0.52
		0.16, 0.22, 0.22, 0.26,		(0.26; 0.02-2.21)		0.39-0.98⁸
		0.16, 0.22, 0.22, 0.26,				0.19-0.38⁴
		0.26, 0.43, 0.96				0.19-0.38⁴
*Matricaria recutita* L. Flos(13)	0.12, 0.16,	0.17, 1.94		1.12	0.22	0.19-0.39	0.39-0.52
	0.16, 0.35,			1.12
	0.47, 0.53, 0.68,
	0.47, 0.53, 0.68,			(0.53; 0.12-5.88)
	0.79,1.32,
	2.00, 5.88
*Linum usitatissimum* L. Semen (12)	4.41, 4.41,	0.62, 0.78, 1.57, 1.62,		5.16	2.92	0.39-1.55⁷	0.66
*Linum usitatissimum* L. Semen (12)	5.12, 10.97,	0.62, 0.78, 1.57, 1.62,		5.16		0.98-1.96⁸
	5.12, 10.97,	1.62, 7.78, 7.78		(4.21; 0.62-15.69)
	15.69	1.62, 7.78, 7.78		(4.21; 0.62-15.69)
*Camellia sinensis* (L.)Kuntze Folium (7)	0.12, 0.53, 0.56,		0.18⁹	0.64	-	1.67-6.67^{11, 12}	-
	0.62, 0.71, 1.74		0.18⁹	(0.56; 0.12-1.74)	-	1.67-6.67^{11, 12}	-
*Potentilla erecta* (L.) Raeusch. Rhizoma (4)	0.004, 0.004	0.11, 0.44		0.14	-	0.16-0.31⁷	-
	0.004, 0.004	0.11, 0.44		(0.06; 0.004-0.44)	-	0.20-0.59⁸	-
*Allium sativum* L. Bulbus (3)	1.76		0.10¹⁰, 1.50¹⁰	1.12	-	0.16-0.23	0.09-0.17
	1.76		0.10¹⁰, 1.50¹⁰	(1.50; 0.10-1.76)	-	0.16-0.23	0.09-0.17
*Carum carvi* L. Fructus (3)	3.15	0.11, 0.14		1.13	1.13	0.19-0.39	0.07-0.26
	3.15	0.11, 0.14		(0.14; 0.11-3.15)	1.13	0.19-0.39	0.07-0.26
*Geranium robertianum* L.s.str. Herba (3)	0.001	0.02, 0.11		0.04	-	-	-
	0.001	0.02, 0.11		(0.02; 0.001-0.11)	-	-	-
*Rumex obtusifolius* L. Radix (3)	0.82, 1.18, 3.15			1.72	-	-	-
	0.82, 1.18, 3.15			(1.18; 0.82-3.15)	-	-	-

¹hens, pigs, dogs, rabbit, sheeps, goats and donkeys, ²young sheep, ³rabbits, ⁴pigs, ⁵goats, ⁶donkeys, ⁷cattle, ⁸calves, ⁹dogs, ¹⁰hens, ¹¹rats, ¹²Besra et al.: Antidiarrhoeal Activity of Hot Water Extract of Black Tea (Camellia sinensis) [50].