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Scientific findings have linked green tea consumption to the slowing or prevention of cancer (specifically cancer of the bladder, colon, esophageal, stomach, and pancreas), heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis, impaired immune disease, and liver disease. Health benefits of green tea even have been proven to aid tooth decay and dieting.

In medicine, gallstones (choleliths) are crystalline bodies formed within the body by accretion or concretion of normal or abnormal bile components.Gallstones can occur anywhere within the biliary tree, including the gallbladder and the common bile duct. Obstruction of the common bile duct is choledocholithiasis; obstruction of the biliary tree can cause jaundice; obstruction of the outlet of the pancreatic exocrine system can cause pancreatitis. Cholelithiasis is the presence of stones in the gallbladder—chole- means "bile", lithia means "stone", and -sis means "process".The characteristics of gallstones are various. Independent of appearance, however, gallstones from animals are valuable on the market.