Stars Love Acupuncture

Gwyneth Paltrow turns to acupuncture to heal herself - and says those 'many little needles have helped her through many an ailment'

• Mother, 42, wrote about it on this week's Goop
• Acupuncture uses needles and stimulates skin and muscle nerves
• Believed to release the body's natural painkillers - endorphins and serotonin 

By Bianca London for MailOnline

Gwyneth Paltrow has had a tough time recently. Not only has she 'consciously uncoupled' from husband Chris Martin, but she's had to approve of his new girlfriend, Jennifer Lawrence.

It is perhaps then unsurprising that the A-lister has been looking for alternative remedies to help her through her woes.

The star, who recently claimed that water has feelings and called in a psychic to help her to ‘heal and expand’, has this week been seeking the advice of an acupuncturist.

Alternative remedies: Gwyneth Paltrow has this week shared her views on acupuncture, which she says has helped her through 'many an ailment' 

Writing on her weekly Goop, the 42-year-old explains: 'One day, when being treated by an acupuncturist, a Spanish friend who was visiting me in London walked into the room and remarked that I looked like a bull who’d had a run in with the picadores (the dudes on horseback who stick the bull with many little knives to rile him up before the actual fight). 

'I assured her that although I was stuck with needles, I was faring far better than the bull would in the analogous scenario. In fact, those many little needles have helped me through many an ailment.'

The mother-of-two, who swears by a vegan diet and plenty of yoga, explains to her readers that Eastern medicine has a different approach to Western medicine because, she says, it’s more holistic.

She said: 'The root of the problem is addressed, as opposed to a symptom being attended to with prescription medication, only to return. Don’t get me wrong, I am thankful as hell for a round of antibiotics or surgery when necessary, but I have been helped tremendously by all of the practices that help the body heal itself. When implemented by a professional with experience, the benefits can work wonders.'

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