Drinking water boiled with poplar root cannot cure cancer. Drinking water boiled with poplar root to treat liver cancer belongs to folk prescription without scientific basis. Liver cancer treatment usually includes drug treatment, surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a malignant tumor of liver, which will affect life expectancy if not treated in time. Drug treatment includes antiviral therapy, hepatoprotective therapy, targeted drug therapy and so on. For those with combined hepatitis B virus infection, antiviral drugs such as entecavir and tenofovir can be used. The course of the disease may be accompanied by liver function abnormalities, and liver-protecting drugs with anti-inflammatory, enzyme-lowering, and hepatocyte membrane repair effects can be used appropriately, such as compound glycyrrhizin, bisabolol, and reduced glutathione. Targeted drugs can anti-angiogenesis, inhibit tumor proliferation, commonly used are sorafenib, lenvatinib, regorafenib and so on. Surgical treatments include hepatectomy and liver transplantation, which can lead to long-term survival of liver cancer patients. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be used as auxiliary treatment, among which hepatic artery chemoembolization is suitable for those who cannot tolerate surgery, and commonly used chemotherapeutic drugs include fluorouracil, mitomycin, cisplatin and so on. As the treatment of liver cancer has individual differences, it is recommended to receive standardized treatment in time, consult doctor when using medication, and do not listen to biased prescriptions to affect the condition.