What is smelling salt and why is it used in training?

“Smelling salts are crystals, which emit ammonia vapor. The vapor is converted into a basic ammonia solution in the mucous membranes, which irritates the lung tissue into believing that one is being suffocated. Therefore, the body goes on alarm alert, after which you wake up.” Gorm Palmgren writes in Illustrerad Vetenskap. The ammonia vapors that the smelling salt secretes put the body on emergency alert, which wakes us up. Smelling salt consists of crystals of the compound ammonium carbonate. The smelling salt emits irritating fumes with a familiar smell of ammonia. The vapors dissolve in water and when inhaled they dissolve in the mucous membranes of the nose and lungs. They form a basic ammonia solution that irritates the tissues. The irritation warns the lungs of the risk of suffocation, which activates a reflex that causes the respiratory muscles to

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