Patients vary according to their water and sodium tolerance and diuretic response. The ascites of cirrhosis is divided into three types. Type I: Initial onset of small amount of ascites. With rest, sodium restriction and discontinuation of diuretics, spontaneous diuresis occurs within a few days to 2 weeks and the ascites subsides. Patients with this type have blood sodium >130 mmol/l, urine sodium 90-50 mmol/24h, urine sodium/urine potassium >2 glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow are normal. Treatment does not require strict control of water intake, while aldosterone diuretics can accelerate the regression of ascites. Type II: Mostly moderate amount of ascites, treated as described above and without the occurrence of spontaneous diuresis. Patients with this type have blood sodium >130 mmol/L and urinary sodium 40-50 mmol/24 h. Urinary sodium/urinary potassium1 glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow are normal. Most cases are effective with anti-aldosterone diuretics, or combined with sodium-excluding diuretics, and strict water restriction during diuresis is not necessary. Type III: Most of them are massive ascites lasting for more than 3 months. This is the so-called intractable type of ascites. This type of patients blood sodium.