A business that serves liquid is coming to Delano, but it’s not a bar

When Jasmine Douangpraseuth started her ICT IV hydration business in late 2020, she wasn’t sure how people would respond during a pandemic even though “the concept of our business is primarily heath and wellness.”

Initially, she treated friends and family, especially with preventative IV hydration therapy that she took to them through a mobile concierge service.

“It grew very organically but very quickly.”

Now, she’s opening a storefront for the business at 616 W. Douglas, in Delano.

“It will give me a place to really be grounded and help the business grow.”

The mobile service administers to people in a 30-mile radius of central Wichita. For a small fee, Douangpraseuth and her employees will travel about an hour and a half from Wichita, but she said people beyond that want the IV therapy, too, which the storefront can provide.

Douangpraseuth said the treatment is similar to what you see in a hospital setting with bags of fluid given to patients intravenously.

The treatments can be for energy, such as for athletes, and immunity or a combination of both.

Or, Douangpraseuth said the the fluids can help people with nausea and migraines and further help keep them out of hospitals. She said it’s an especially nice option for pregnant women.

“The ERs are so flooded.”

Douangpraseuth said last fall through January was particularly busy because of that.

“We were just slammed,” she said. “People just didn’t want to have to go to the hospital.”

Douangpraseuth is a nurse practitioner and was a nurse prior to that. Through working at one clinic in particular, she said she learned more about natural options and functional medicine.

She said people who are savvy about the benefits of IV therapy don’t need much convincing to do it.

However, Douangpraseuth said when she does Facebook or other marketing, she often sees hesitancy from potential clients.

“Is this legal?” she said they ask. “What is your background to be able to do this?”

Douangpraseuth doesn’t seem to mind.

“I would probably ask the same thing.”

She said she is board certified , licensed and insured and will do phone consultations before appointments.

“What it usually boils down to is that they’re sick. They don’t want to feel bad anymore.”

With the new storefront, she’s also starting an aesthetics side to the business by offering body contouring and some light facial aesthetics. The business will not have a full spa, though.

Douangpraseuth hopes to have a grand opening in late September but will see clients at the storefront before then. She’s currently remodeling the space.

Douangpraseuth said she likes the central location of Delano and all the changes that have happened there and are yet to come.

“I love the community feel of Delano. . . . It has a such a strong local community support. I really, really love that.”