How to Make Sniffing Salts

Sniffing salts, also known as smelling salts, are traditionally used to revive someone who has fainted. With ingredients that are absorbed through the mucous membranes in the nose, smelling salts promote quicker respiration, which restores consciousness. Originally made with ammonia, smelling salts can also be made from eucalyptus oil as a safer alternative. Smelling salts can also be a bowl of salts and essential oils used around the home to reduce congestion during cold and flu season.

Things You'll Need

• 2 tablespoons coarse sea salt
• 20 drops eucalyptus oil
• Mixing bowl
• Glass bowl or vial
• Food coloring
• Cloth

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Instructions

• 1

  Measure 2 tablespoons of coarse sea salt and pour the salt into a bowl. If you want to double the amount of sea salt, double the amount of essential oil as well.

• 2

  Add 20 drops of eucalyptus oil to the coarse sea salt. The oil will absorb into the salt.

• 3

  Fill a vial with the salt and eucalyptus oil. Place the vial in a first aid kit to use on the go. Put the salt and eucalyptus oil in a glass bowl for use around the home.

• 4

  Add food coloring to the eucalyptus oil/salt mixture to create a decorative effect in the home.