Menoligo POE No. 15

🌿Manganese (Mn) – the metabolic fine-tuner

Manganese is a trace element, meaning the body needs only tiny amounts, yet it is essential for many enzyme systems.

In the body, manganese primarily:

- Activates enzymes involved in energy production, helping convert carbohydrates, proteins, and fats into usable energy

- Supports antioxidant defense, especially through manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), a key enzyme that protects cells from oxidative stress inside the mitochondria

- Contributes to bone, cartilage, and connective tissue formation, working alongside calcium and collagen

- Supports normal brain and nervous system function, particularly where metabolism and signaling overlap

- Manganese doesn’t “push” the body. It helps systems run smoothly and efficiently, especially when energy feels low or recovery feels slow.

🌿Zinc (Zn) – the regulator and protector

Zinc is one of the most multifunctional trace elements in the human body. It participates in hundreds of enzymatic reactions and plays a major role in regulation and repair.

Zinc supports:

- Hormonal balance, including normal fertility and reproductive function in both women and men

- Maintenance of normal testosterone levels in the blood

- Immune system function, helping cells respond appropriately rather than overreact

- Cell renewal and tissue repair, including skin, mucous membranes, and gut lining

- Cognitive function and stress resilience, as zinc is involved in neurotransmitter balance

Zinc acts like a biological coordinator - making sure signals are clear, responses are proportional, and repair happens when needed.

🌿Iodine (I) – the metabolic pace-setter

Iodine is best known for its relationship with the thyroid gland, but its influence extends far beyond “metabolism” as a buzzword.

In the body, iodine:

- Is essential for the production of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4)

- Supports normal thyroid function, which regulates metabolic speed throughout the entire body

- Influences energy levels, temperature regulation, and mental clarity

- Plays a role in hormonal communication between organs

The thyroid acts like the body’s tempo control. Iodine doesn’t create energy itself - it determines how fast or slow energy systems operate.

🌿Why these three work well together

When combined, manganese, zinc, and iodine support three fundamental layers of physiology:

- Iodine sets the metabolic rhythm

- Manganese ensures energy production runs efficiently at the cellular level

- Zinc regulates hormones, repair, and adaptive responses

This is why such combinations are traditionally used during periods of stress, life transitions, hormonal shifts, or sustained fatigue - moments when the body needs coordination more than stimulation.

In trace element form, especially when taken sublingually, the aim is not to flood the body, but to remind biological systems how to function optimally.

Small elements. Big influence. Subtle biology at its best.

Shake well before use.

Take before or between meals:
- Place the dose under the tongue
- Hold for 1 minute, then swallow

Adults:
2 ml (use the included measure cup), 1 to 5 times per day

Children weighing 35 kg or more:
1 ml (use the included measure cup), 1 to 5 times per day

If this oil or blend is safe to Diffuse, it will be checked for Dog, Cat, or both underneath:

General Guidelines for Diffusing Around Pets:

1. Diffusion Time: Limit diffusing sessions to 15-20 minutes.
2. When trying a new essential oil, use 1-2 drops (in the diffuser) and observe how your dog or cat reacts.
3. Ventilation: Keep the area well-ventilated.
4. Observation: Always monitor pets for any signs of distress when diffusing essential oils.

Gluten-free, gelatin-free
No animal-derived ingredients
Raw materials that comply with environmental regulations

Catalytic trace elements: Zinc, Manganese, Iodine
Ingredients: Water, Maltitol Syrup (Sweetener), Alcohol, Blackcurrant Flavor, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Potassium Iodide

Alcohol content: 6.0% vol

• Fatigue
• Focus & concentration
• Stress

• PMS (premenstrual syndrome)
• Menopause

Do not exceed the recommended dose.
Keep out of reach of children.
Food supplement. This is not a medicine. It is not a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.
Not suitable for children under 3 years old.
Do not give to people allergic to any of the components.
Excessive consumption may have laxative effects.

100ml amber glass bottle with measuring spoon and recyclable cardboard box
Store at room temperature, and close tightly after each use.

Early medical systems noticed something odd: tiny amounts of certain substances could have outsized effects. Ancient Egyptian texts mention mineral-rich waters and earths used for vitality and wound care. In Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine, mineral salts and ashes were prescribed in almost homeopathic quantities, not as food, but as regulators - substances that nudged the body back toward balance.

Hippocrates, ever the empiricist, observed that people living near certain soils or springs had different health patterns. He didn’t know about zinc or iodine, but he knew geography mattered. Nature, it seemed, was dosing people quietly.

🌿The iodine revelation

One of the clearest historical arcs belongs to iodine. For centuries, coastal populations had fewer cases of goiter than inland communities. In China, as early as the 4th century, physicians treated neck swellings with burnt seaweed and sponge ash. No chemistry, no thyroid theory - just pattern recognition. Iodine wouldn’t be isolated until the 19th century, but its biological necessity was already old news in practice.

This was an early hint that absence, not toxicity, was the problem. A radical idea at the time.

🌿Zinc and manganese: the invisible helpers

Zinc and manganese were even sneakier. They don’t produce dramatic deficiency diseases at first; they produce inefficiency. Slow healing. Poor resilience. Low energy. Subtle hormonal drift. Ancient physicians described these states without knowing the cause, often prescribing mineral-rich foods, clays, or metallic preparations in very small amounts.

Alchemy, for all its mysticism, contributed here. Alchemists were obsessed with metals not for their bulk, but for their transformative qualities. They noticed that certain metals altered processes out of proportion to their quantity - a philosophical ancestor of enzyme theory.

🌿The catalytic breakthrough

The real turning point came in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when scientists discovered that some minerals were neither fuel nor building material. They were catalysts. They enabled reactions without being consumed. This was a conceptual earthquake.

By the 1930s–1950s, zinc, manganese, iodine, copper, and others were recognized as essential trace elements. Not vitamins. Not macronutrients. Something stranger and more elegant: biological switches.

🌿Oligotherapy: the European thread

In France and parts of Europe, this understanding evolved into oligotherapy - the therapeutic use of trace elements in low, targeted doses. Rather than correcting severe deficiencies, the goal was to support regulation: stress response, immune modulation, hormonal balance.

This is where ionized, sublingual trace element formulas emerged. The idea was simple but bold: if trace elements act as catalysts, then dose, form, and timing matter more than quantity.

🌿Modern perspective

Today, biochemistry confirms what tradition suspected:
- Zinc regulates hundreds of enzymes and transcription factors
- Manganese is essential for mitochondrial antioxidant defense
- Iodine governs metabolic tempo via thyroid hormones

We now know these elements influence gene expression, not just chemistry. They don’t shout. They whisper instructions.

🌿The throughline

Across history, trace minerals were never about brute force. They were about precision. About restoring conversation between systems that had stopped listening to each other.

In a world obsessed with more - more supplements, more stimulation, more intervention - trace minerals remind us of an older truth: sometimes the smallest things carry the most authority.

100 ml