and hanging your clothes or laying them flat to dry eliminates the troublesome friction from drying clothes in a tumble dryer. (Drying your clothes on an indoor drying rack is also a greatalternative to running a humidifier!)
Lastly, you can use a saline rinse spray or neti pot to clear the sinuses. Saline solutions are not only drug-free and carry no risk of addiction, but they are also easy to make at home: distill 1 cup of water by using a distiller or boiling for 10 minutes and then cooling it, ...