Feeling Stuffed Up? Try These 6 Natural Remedies to Ease Congestion

In addition to helping you relax, steam from a hot shower can help to reduce inflammation and, in turn, help you breathe a little easier. "Hot steam from a shower or bath can help loosen mucus and improve symptoms of the common cold and sinusitis," Garbo Mak, MD, a pulmonologist at Memorial Hermann Hospital and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said.