Ammonia is a ten percent solution of ammonium. Inhalation of its vapor entails severe irritation of nerve receptors located on the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract. Due to this property, this medicine can quickly bring a person to feelings during a swoon or with a sudden loss of consciousness.
Ammonia. Application
This solution is widely used for fainting or in other cases, accompanied by loss of breath. It is effective for carbon monoxide poisoning, mechanical suffocation, drowning, as well as alcohol intoxication.
In the above situations, ammonia is dripped onto a cotton wool, bandage or napkin and brought closer to the victim’s nose at a distance of about one centimeter for several minutes. It is important to prevent the drug from getting on the nasal mucosa. Ammonia is also used as a sterilizer for surgical instruments. To do this, it is enough to treat them once with cotton wool soaked in alcohol, or place in a solution for two to three minutes.
This tool is also used for cauterization. In this case, it is applied in undissolved form. Also, alcohol can be used to treat skin areas that are itchy after insect bites. In order to eliminate unpleasant sensations lotions are applied that have not irritating, but antipruritic effect. To do this, use a clean fleece or bandage soaked in a solution of this product (diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10).
Ammonia also fights odors. To get rid of them in the room, it is enough to drop a few drops of ammonia in a saucer with water and leave for a day. By evening, the problem will be completely eliminated.
This tool is also used in the fight against ants that have flooded the kitchen. To do this, it is recommended to add 100 milliliters of ammonia to a liter of water and rinse the kitchen furniture with the resulting solution. You should not be afraid of a specific smell, it will disappear a few minutes after the completion of the procedure, but it will not be available only for human smell, but it will scare away annoying insects for a long time. This drug is a great helper in cleansing the stove of fat. To do this, put half a cup of ammonia in an oven heated to sixty-five degrees. It should be placed on the upper grill, and on the lower one put a thick-walled pan filled with boiling water. Then the oven must be closed and left for twelve hours. After this time, the oven must be ventilated, then rinse with warm soapy water and wipe dry.
Moreover, a solution of ammonia can water indoor plants, as well as cucumbers. In this case, it acts as fertilizer.
Going on vacation outside the city, also do not forget to bring this tool with you. It is enough to sprinkle with them a place where you are going to relax, and you will not have to remember annoying mosquitoes and midges.
What complications can ammonia cause? Liquid ammonia, inhaled in large quantities for a long time, can cause respiratory arrest. Used undiluted, it causes a burn of the mucous membranes.
Contraindications
You should not use this tool in the absence or difficulty of reflex conduction from the nose to the brain. In this case, recovery with ammonia will not bring results. In this situation, the intravenous use of other drugs is indicated. The ammonia solution is also contraindicated to be applied topically for weeping dermatitis and eczema, as the tool will lead to even more irritation of the skin and even burns.