Garlic IV at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan
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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.

from ₩55,000 VAT INCLUDED
₩55,000 from ₩55,000 per session, VAT included
20–30 min Twenty to thirty minutes in a reclined chair
None None; a faint garlic taste during the drip
Days; a course for a sustained lift Once for a heavy week; weekly for a course of four to six
01 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.

02 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
Garlic IV at Boom Dermatology, a skin clinic in Seomyeon, Busan
03 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.

1

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.

6

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.

04 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 IV Garlic (thiamine) IV, per session ₩55,000 VAT included
Garlic IV Glutathione IV, per session ₩55,000 VAT included
Garlic IV Boom Signature IV, per session ₩165,000 VAT 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.

Every iv option is on the IV hub; the complete skin clinic price list with a quote builder is on the price page.

05 Compare

Garlic IV vs Signature IV vs glutathione IV vs sleep: which fatigue drip should you choose in Busan?

The tools patients at our Busan skin clinic compare for garlic iv; the reading picks the pair.

Device Best for Time Downtime Price
Garlic (thiamine) IV High-dose B1 for the depleted; quick 20–30 min None ₩55,000
Boom Signature IV Thiamine within a broad vitamin and mineral restock 45–60 min None ₩165,000
Glutathione IV Antioxidant and liver support after a heavy week 30–45 min None ₩55,000
Sleep and food 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.

06 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 0 Day 3 Week 2 Month 1 Month 3–6
treatment / peak result tenderness or redness milestone
07 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

1

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.

4

Does it help a hangover?

The depletion, yes; it does not protect the liver.

5

How often?

Once, or a short course of four to six.

6

Who gives the drip at Boom Dermatology?

A doctor assesses you and sets the drip; a nurse runs it in the building.

7

Do foreign patients pay more?

No. One price for everyone, VAT included.

8

Can I fly the same day?

Yes; there is no downtime.

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Reviewed by Dr. Kim Dong Hyun, Board-certified Internal Medicine Specialist, Medical Director, The Boom Dermatology, Seomyeon, Busan.