Manganese butyrate is is a water soluble crystalline salt composed of manganese and butyrate with the formula C8H14MnO4. Manganese butyrate is especially valuable in boils, carbuncles, erysipelas, whitlows, lymphangitis and lymphadenitis. The drug is equally useful in acute gonococcal urethritis, abscess formation, epididymitis, and in gonococcal septicaemia, if prescribed in time. Manganese butyrate relieves in asthma as it changes the condensation of the protein particles, which causes the condition, into dispersion. In all septic conditions including tonsillitis, quinsy, and even rhinitis, manganese butyrate should be given a chance before an incision is made.