Flush out your body toxins at Bangalore’s oxygen bar

BANGALORE, JANUARY 6: The silicon city, known for its popular pubs, now has an `oxygen bar'. The bar, known as `Oxyvital', would help one ...

BANGALORE, JANUARY 6: The silicon city, known for its popular pubs, now has an `oxygen bar’. The bar, known as `Oxyvital’, would help one flush out toxins from the body cells making the person feel rejuvenated and energised, according to Dr Kiran Patel, the man behind the idea.

Patel said, the concept, though new to India, has its origin in the US. The 15-minute oxygen therapy involves inhaling super-oxygenerated fresh air through a disposable nasal pipe connected to an oxi-generator. It was found that inhaling super-oxygenated fresh air not only helped in promoting general health but was highly successful in case of persons with respiratory disorders.

To make the concept more appealing and effective, the therapy had been divided into three sections: cocktail therapy, aroma therapy and music therapy.

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In the cocktail therapy, one could choose among juice extracts of orange, lemon, pineapple, banana or carrot. About 60 ml of the juice would be added to 75 ml of water to produce "fruity healthy oxygen", hesaid.

In aroma therapy, a drop of peppermint, frankincense, rosemary, cedarwood or lemon oil would be added to 75 ml of water, to produce aromatic oxygen.

The music therapy involves listening to `natural music’ like chirping of birds, sounds in rain forest or that of waves splashing through earplugs while inhaling fresh oxygen.

The therapy is found to be effective in curing migraines and respiratory disorders, Kiran said. The therapy costs Rs 75 per sitting and it had to be undertaken twice a week, he said.