Ask the Experts: Smelling Salts
August 1, 2020
Last Reviewed: August 2021
Q. My grandmother used to keep smelling salts in her cabinet. Can they really help someone who feels faint? They can, but it depends on what is causing the person to feel faint. Ammonia inhalants, or smelling salts, have a long history of use in rousing people who feel faint or have passed out. They […]