9 Instances of Super Weird Health and Social Advice from Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop

6. The Time She Advocated Steaming Your Vagina

Early in 2016, Gwyneth publicly extolled the virtues of the vaginal steam, a process in which the woman is supposed to hover over a consistent stream of steamed herbs (rose, lavender, mugwort, etc) for 20 minutes. The goal is to help ““cleanse your uterus” and “balance female hormone levels.” According to one writer, however, not only could the process potentially burn your vagina (a prospect so possible that they keep a gynecologist just outside the room), it could also disrupt the natural bacteria that keep your uterus disease-free.