Thai Indigenous

According to Richard Williams, spa manager at Chiva-Som in Hua Hin, Thailand, the following ingredients are hot in cutting-edge Thai treatments.

• Prai—similar to gingerroot
• Lemongrass
• Sugar cane
• Rain forest honey
• Turmeric, which aids digestion
• Lime
• Papaya, for enzymes
• Coconut
• Kiwi
• Jasmine rice, for scrubs and masks
• Salts