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Smelling salts wake people up by irritating the nasal membranes and triggering an inhalation reflex.

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Is it true that smelling salts wake people up by irritating the nasal membranes and triggering an inhalation reflex?

Yes. Two reference sources state that smelling salts release ammonia gas, which irritates the mucous membranes of the nose and lungs and thereby triggers an inhalation reflex, matching the claim's mechanism. A 2026 meta-analysis adds that ammonia inhalation acts as a brief arousal stimulus, though it does not address the nasal-irritation reflex itself.

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Evidence for · 3
Smelling salts
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Smelling salts. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelling_salts

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Smelling salts -
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Smelling salts - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2006.029710

Smelling Salts or Smoke and Mirrors? Acute Ammonia Inhalation, Arousal, and Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2026
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Liu, S., Fan, X., Tan, Z., Gu, J., Huang, Q., Li, H., Macgregor, L. J., & Deng, H. (2026). Smelling Salts or Smoke and Mirrors? Acute Ammonia Inhalation, Arousal, and Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci16080849

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