One important and simple treatment for urinary stones is to drink as much water as possible. Regardless of the type of stone, increasing water intake can make the stone easy to discharge and reduce the recurrence rate after stone extraction and removal. When drinking water, you should pay attention to the following principles: 1. Quantity of water: Generally, you should drink at least 2000ml of water daily to prevent the recurrence of stones, while the main purpose is to discharge, you should drink 4000ml of water daily to receive good results. 2, the quality of water: the general quality of water on the development of stones may have a certain impact. Previously, it is believed that the greater the hardness of the water, the more likely to lead to stone formation, the current world research results that the opposite, the increase in water hardness, the more various minerals, calcium is more likely to be combined with the formation of insoluble substances, thereby reducing its absorption in the intestinal tract, the water is rich in magnesium and other trace elements, is a good stone inhibitor. 3, drinking time: In order to better prevent and control stones, should pay attention to the time of drinking water. General research results have concluded that at night stones are easy to form. And increase the amount of water drunk at night has a good effect. Generally, drinking more than 500 ml of water before bedtime will have a better prevention and control effect. During the daytime, the water should be evenly distributed. Every hour there is a large amount of urine flushing the urinary tract, can be just formed tiny stones, calcium ions, uric acid and other substances conducive to stone formation in a timely manner out of the body, to play the purpose of stone prevention and control. In the 1-2 hours after the diet, due to the peak of absorption, there are a lot of metabolites filtered by the kidneys, you should increase the amount of water, which can help discharge metabolites and play a role in the prevention and control of stones. 4, daily water selection: generally only need ordinary boiled water can be, mineral water can also be, no special requirements.