As people’s standard of living continues to improve, the incidence of gallbladder stones is also on the rise, and gallbladder stones have become a common disease. Is there any medicine that can cure it? Do they all need to be operated? Is it possible to break the stones? Many questions are troubling patients and need to be judged and answered by professional physicians. I think first of all, we can classify gallbladder stones into three categories according to the treatment means: surgical treatment, non-surgical treatment and no treatment. Patients can have a basic concept before consulting a doctor. 1, if you find gallbladder stones due to physical examination, but there are no symptoms, the stones are not large (diameter <2 cm), the gallbladder wall is smooth, and other aspects of your body are healthy, you can completely live with the stones, gallbladder stones do not need treatment, because you may be completely asymptomatic for life, or appear symptoms and then deal with them. At the same time medical development is rapid and there will be new surprises in the treatment of gallbladder stones in the future. Of course regular medical checkups are still necessary. 2. If you have symptoms of gallbladder stones and the gallbladder stones are very small (<5 mm in diameter) on ultrasound, some of them appear as a fine layer of sediment in the gallbladder, you may want to try medication or traditional Chinese medicine stone removal treatment first. Some stones may indeed be drained while preserving the gallbladder, which is certainly good. However, this should all be done under strict indications and under close medical supervision, as cases of biliary obstruction due to stone drainage do occur from time to time. If your gallbladder stone symptoms are serious, frequent attacks, multiple stones and large diameter; or although there are no symptoms, but the stone diameter is more than 2 cm, some also combined with gallbladder polyps, so the incidence of gallbladder cancer will significantly increase, some patients with coronary heart disease can be affected by cholecystitis and frequent attacks, clinically known as "gallbladder heart syndrome", some diabetic patients aggravated by biliary pancreatitis attacks; these cases should be actively operated. These cases should be actively managed surgically. At present, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become popular, with little trauma and fast recovery. Do not delay treatment to preserve a gallbladder that has a negative impact on your life, or because you are afraid of surgery. As for lithotripsy treatment, there is no drug that can achieve the exact cure of gallbladder stones via oral administration, hopefully it will appear in the future and bring good news to patients. Lithotripsy treatment is not recommended by physicians because of the difficulty of stone removal, long course of treatment, high cost and poor results. The above is only to popularize some medical knowledge for gallbladder stone patients. The clinical manifestations of gallbladder stones are diverse and variable, so it is important to visit a specialist and treatment varies from person to person.