And my sister and I have had very painful experiences with the neti pot. It is not advised if you have narrow eustachian tubes. How do you know? Use the neti pot and suffer severe if brief agony in tubes and surrounding area.
We find filling a small, baby syringe with a mixture of 1c. warm water and 1 teaspoon salt useful and safe for irrigation of nasal passages. A few squirts from time to time.
I also would avoid Vick’s.