Manganese
Minerals are important for your body to stay healthy. Your body uses minerals for many different jobs, including keeping your bones, muscles, heart, and brain working properly. Minerals are also important for making enzymes and hormones.
There are two kinds of minerals: macrominerals and trace minerals. You need larger amounts of macrominerals. They include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and sulfur. You only need small amounts of trace minerals. They include iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride and selenium.
Most people get the amount of minerals they need by eating a wide variety of foods. In some cases, your doctor may recommend a mineral supplement. People who have certain health problems or take some medicines may need to get less of one of the minerals. For example, people with chronic kidney disease need to limit foods that are high in potassium.
Physician's Materia Medica on Manganese
An admirable general tonic having a wide range of usefulness in de bilitated conditions. Its active constituents are in each fluidrachm; Calcium Hypophosphite,1/2 gr.; Potassium Hypophosphite, 1 gr.; Manganese Hypophosphite, 1/4 gr.; Ferric Hypophosphite, 1/4 gr.; Quinine Hypophosphite, 1-16 gr.; Strychnine Hypophospbite, 1-80 gr.; Pancreatin Saccharated, 1 gr.; Pepsin Saccharated, 1 1/2 grs. The combination has therefore, 1st the specific action bf the hypo phosphites as restoratives, supplying1
A ferruginous tonic, each fluidrachm containing; Iron Citro peptonate, 1% grs.; ManganeseCitropeptonate, 1/4 gr. The preparation resembles dialysed iron in its freedom from astringency and acidity, but it has the advantage over that preparation in the fact that the iron is presented in the form of an organic compound which is readily assimilable. Clinical experience declares it a most eflicient agent in all conditions in which a blood-euriching tonic is indicated. Dose, 4 c. c. (1 fluidrachm) a1
The compounds of MANGANEsE are often given in conjunction with those of iron as hematinic tonics. Some of them are reported to have a specific action as emmenagogues. a. Manganese Bromide. Dose. 0.06 to 0.30 Grm. (1 to 5 grs.). For formula see under Gold Bromide. b. Manganese Carbonate. Hematinic tonic, emmena gogue. Dose, 0.06 to 0.20 Grm. (1 to 3 grs.). c. Manganese Dioxide. Hematinic tonic, emmenagogue, alterative. Used in chlorosis, amenorrhea and in some forms of gastralgia. Dose, 0.06 to 01
A powerful oxidizing agent; locally antiseptic, deodorant and caustic; internally emmenagogue (less eflicient and more irritant than manganese dioxide) and gastric antiseptic; hypodermatically. antidote to venom of snakes, also antidote to morphine. Dose, 0.06 to 0.12 Grm. (1 to 2 grs.).1