When we were young the remedy for congestion was to breathe steam from a bowl of hot water with a towel over your head and very effective it was too today this steam inhalator means you can dispense with the towel and enjoy a much more focused treatment ideal for clearing nasal and sinus congestion the sealed inhalator is safer and more efficient fill the double walled insulated base with boiling water and maybe a few drops of an aromatic oil such as eucalyptus then replace the top to