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Garlic IV in Busan Seomyeon, the thiamine drip
The garlic injection, 마늘주사, is a high-dose vitamin B1 drip, thiamine in a form that smells faintly of garlic as it goes in, for the fatigue of overwork, travel and too much alcohol. ₩55,000 per session, VAT included, assessed and set by a doctor at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic one minute from Seomyeon Station.
20–30 min
Twenty to thirty minutes in a reclined chair
NoneNone; a faint garlic taste during the drip
Days; a course for a sustained liftOnce for a heavy week; weekly for a course of four to six
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Start here — direct answer
What is the garlic injection, what does it do for fatigue, and what does it cost in Busan?
The garlic injection
contains no garlic. It is thiamine
, vitamin B1, in a fat-soluble form that the body absorbs better than the plain vitamin, and the form carries a sulphur group that gives a faint garlic taste and smell as the drip runs, which is where the Korean name, 마늘주사, comes from. Thiamine is the vitamin every cell uses to turn carbohydrate into energy; it is depleted by alcohol, by a diet of refined food, by heavy exercise and by illness, and the first symptoms of running low are tiredness, poor concentration and muscle aches, which is why the drip is the one Korean office workers book after a hard month and visitors book after a long flight.
At Boom Dermatology it is given with the honest line: for a patient who is depleted, by drink, by travel or by a week of no sleep, the lift is real and quick, often within a day; for a patient who is not, it does little, and tiredness that persists has a cause the doctor, an internal medicine specialist, will look for rather than drip over. It is often given with the B-complex
and vitamin C, and it sits inside the Signature IV
for a visitor who wants the full restock. The glutathione
and Cinderella
drips are the antioxidant alternatives; the IV hub
compares all six.
What Busan patients ask before Garlic IV
Why is it called the garlic injection?
Will it help a hangover?
How fast does it work?
Is it safe to have often?
Is it the same as a vitamin B drip?
All of these come up most weeks at our Seomyeon skin clinic. The page answers them in order.
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Who it suits
Who a garlic drip suits, and who should have the cause looked at first
Good candidates
Fatigue after a long flight, a hard month or a heavy week of drinking
Office workers and students in a tired stretch
Poor concentration and muscle aches with no other cause
Patients who want a quick lift during a Busan visit
Recovery after a procedure or an illness
We will suggest something else
Known allergy to thiamine; rare, but asked
Fatigue with another cause: anaemia, thyroid, sleep, mood; the doctor looks
Pregnancy; the doctor advises
Expecting a weight or skin effect; neither
Heavy drinking without addressing it; the drip is not a licence
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The visit
What happens at a garlic iv consultation in Seomyeon?
This is how a garlic iv consultation runs at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan, from the first message to the review.
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Message first
What you want the drip for, any conditions and medications, and your dates. The doctor replies with which drip fits and the price.
2
Doctor check
Blood pressure, history, allergies and the conditions that rule a drip out; the drip chosen and written on your record.
3
Cannula and drip
A small cannula in the hand or arm; the drip runs thirty to sixty minutes in a reclined chair.
4
Monitored
A nurse checks you through the drip; the doctor is in the building.
5
Out the door
Cannula out, a plaster, water; no downtime.
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Rhythm
Once for a trip or an event; weekly to fortnightly for a course; the doctor sets the interval.
How does Boom Dermatology plan garlic iv treatment?
Three readings, taken at the consultation and written on your record.
Cause before drip
Sleep, drink, diet, mood and the conditions that cause tiredness asked; a drip is not an answer to all of them.
High-dose thiamine
With B-complex and vitamin C where it helps; nothing added without saying so.
Once or a short course
One for a heavy week; four to six for a long stretch; reviewed.
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Prices — VAT included
How much does garlic iv treatment cost in Busan?
A garlic drip at Boom Dermatology is ₩55,000 per session, VAT included with the doctor's assessment and the nurse's time, the same for every patient; sessions are bought one at a time.
Garlic IVGarlic (thiamine) IV, per session₩55,000VAT included
Garlic IVGlutathione IV, per session₩55,000VAT included
Garlic IVBoom Signature IV, per session₩165,000VAT included
Garlic IV: what it is made of, and the tool for each part
The sorting the doctor does at the consultation; most faces use two tools.
The cause of most tiredness; the drip does not replace them
nightly
None
free
Every option in the table is available at Boom Dermatology in Busan Seomyeon, performed by the doctor, with the VAT-included price shown.
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Downtime
Downtime after garlic iv treatment, and flying home
None. A garlic taste during the drip; a cannula mark for a day. Fly the same day. The lift, where thiamine was low, within a day.
Drip
Fly home
Felt
Course interval
Review
Day 0Day 3Week 2Month 1Month 3–6
treatment / peak result
tenderness or redness
milestone
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Questions, answered properly
Why is it called the garlic injection?
Because the fat-soluble thiamine in it carries a sulphur group, and sulphur compounds taste and smell of garlic as the drip runs through the blood; patients notice it for the duration and it is gone when the drip is. There is no garlic in it. At Boom Dermatology the contents are on your record.
Will it help a hangover?
It helps the thiamine depletion that drinking causes, and with fluids and the B-complex it is the sensible drip the morning after; it does not sober you or protect the liver, and a pattern of hangover drips is a conversation the doctor will have. Our Seomyeon skin clinic sees it after a weekend, not as a weekly habit.
How fast does it work?
Within hours to a day for a patient who was depleted; not at all for one who was not, which is the honest test of whether thiamine was the problem. Tiredness that does not lift has another cause, and the doctor, an internal medicine specialist, looks for it.
Is it safe to have often?
Thiamine is water-soluble and the excess leaves in the urine, so the vitamin itself is safe; the question is why you need it often, and that is a question about sleep, drink and diet that the doctor asks. A short course of four to six is usual; a standing weekly drip is not.
Is it the same as a vitamin B drip?
It is the B1-focused one at a high dose; a B-complex drip spreads across the B vitamins at lower doses, and the Signature IV includes both with vitamin C and minerals. Patients at Boom Dermatology in Busan who want the full restock after a long winter take the Signature; those who want the quick lift take this.
Good to know
Garlic IV questions patients ask our Busan skin clinic first
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How much does a garlic IV cost in Busan?
₩55,000 per session at Boom Dermatology in Seomyeon, VAT included.
2
Is there garlic in it?
No; it is thiamine, vitamin B1, which tastes of garlic as it runs.
3
How fast does it work?
Within a day, where thiamine was low.
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Does it help a hangover?
The depletion, yes; it does not protect the liver.
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How often?
Once, or a short course of four to six.
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Who gives the drip at Boom Dermatology?
A doctor assesses you and sets the drip; a nurse runs it in the building.
Send a daylight photo; the doctor says what your garlic iv is made of, names the simplest tools that address it and the VAT-included prices, before you book a flight to Busan.