Removing the Problem. The best way to get rid of a stuffy nose is to avoid tobacco and cigarette smoke no matter what. I know from personal experience that cigarette smoke will damage the lining of your sinuses and cause swelling in your sinus membranes, the chief cause of acute or chronic sinusitis.
The process in which several body systems work together to maintain the balanced environment is called homeostasis. The endocrine and nervous system work closely together to help maintain homeostasis. Examples of where they work together are thermoregulation and osmoregulation.
The pituitary gland is sometimes called the master gland of the endocrine system, because it controls the functions of all the other endocrine glands. This Master Gland role makes the pituitary gland quite important, despite its small size. The medical term is hypophysis (from the Greek, lying under) which refers to the gland's position on the underside of the brain. The term pituitary is in reference to secretion, but has come to be synonymous with, and easier to say, than hypophysis.