Another is rinsing with meat tenderizer, Adolf's brand I read, mixed with liquid. Maybe use the papaya juice with it even. It may seem odd, but when I read it about using meat tenderizer for mucus, I recalled having back surgery 30 years ago for a herniated disc, and had a cymopapain injection ( basically meat tenderizer and papaya) to loosen the disc material off of the nerve, and it worked, so it may be good for the mucus too.