Have you tried adding a little baking soda to the mixture?

I am dealing with this issue and have had a continual sinus infection for a few years. Recently I was diagnosed with hookworm blood fluke Tapeworm trichinella toxoplasma and roundworm. All can live happily in my ear nose ant throat as they have crossed over into the circulatory and respiratory systems of ones body. I have taken prazi recently and the whole ear nose throat area massively infected and plugged up from the die off. I do not respond to traditional methods of clearing the infection - Antibiotics so I am on a rinsing and draining procedure with the nasal area as well as my ears as they have holes made from the parasites thus allowing easier access to my throat and mouth.The muscle tissue is also involved as the trich has moved to that stage.My ND prescribed a new compounded ear drop formula which was studied and researched at one of our local hospitals for patients who have severe chronic inner middle outer ear and some bone loss do not respond to Antibiotics to infection. My infection has just started to clear or open today and now drainage can happen. This is a very sensitive area to develop a parasite problem as it is close to your brain and seizures are possible so I did get a ct scan done and will do another as follow up in a month. I use a qtip with peroxide and then a saline nasal rinse for my nose and saline and peroxide in my ears for about one hour daily three times a day to reduce the cysts and the parsites as well as holistic and prescripton dugs. My advice to you is get as much info as possible and get a doctor or ND who believes you and do not wait to long

I have chronic sinusitis and have dabbled with Neti pots and other similar devices. I have more or less stopped using them because while they do wash out a lot of the gunk and provide some short-term relief, I also feel like some liquid gets trapped up there and that only makes things worse a couple of hours later. It will also give me some minor problems with hearing and getting the pressure in my ears to equalize.

If you have swelling and inflammation in your nostrils, I would not use a neti pot. Tackle that first.

If you need to, don't be afraid of taking an over-the-counter decongestant (with pseudophedrine) every once in a while. It feels like cheating but it does help.