Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone has turned to Ayurveda in an effort to end persisting knee pain after Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar told him to do so.

Akshay, who was working with the action star in Hindi film "Kambakkht Ishq", bonded with him during a chat about on-set injuries and suggested Ayurveda when Stallone started talking about his persisting knee problem, reported contactmusic.com.

Akshay even provided the name of his favourite Ayurvedic practitioner.

"Stallone appeared to be really interested in Ayurvedic treatment and asked for more details. He said he intends to spread the word about Ayurveda among his Hollywood comrades, " said a source.