Humidity keeps the mucous membranes in the nose damp, enabling them to repel invading viruses and to trap and destroy millions of others. If you have a humidifier or vaporizer, use it to humidify the air in your home. Lacking either, rum the thermostat down a couple of degrees and leave a kettle or a pot of water simmering on the stove.
To decongest the nose, mix a teaspoon of salt into a glass of warm water and inhale it through the nose until it runs back into the throat. Blow the nose gently and steadily using disposable tissue. Five inhalations will usually clear the most stubbornly-blocked nostrils.
Next, boil a kettle full of water and pour it into an open dish. Place the dish on a plate or pan and put it on the table. Lean over the dish, keep the eyes closed, cover the head with a towel, and inhale the steam into the nasal passages, sinuses and lungs. The steam swiftly breaks up all congestion and also makes the nose too hot for viruses to thrive.
A caution: do not be tempted to inhale steam direct from the spout of a kettle; you may get burned.
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