Liver stagnation is a Chinese medical term that refers to a manifestation of liver stagnation due to various causes of liver meridian obstruction. In Western medicine, it corresponds to the manifestation of cirrhosis. Patients with cirrhosis of the liver due to viral hepatitis, or other hepatitis, may experience fluid accumulation in the peritoneal cavity, enlarged spleen, hypersplenism, decreased blood cells, and in some patients, more severe symptoms of varices in the fundic esophagus and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. In such cases, patients need to actively search for the cause. The most common cause of liver cirrhosis in China is viral hepatitis, and in patients with viral hepatitis, patients need to check for viral replication. If the virus is replicating, and there is a combination of elevated glutamic aminotransferase and glutamic oxalacetic aminotransferase, the patient needs active antiviral treatment. If the antiviral treatment is effective, the patient’s condition will tend to stabilize. In addition, if the patient is in the decompensated stage of cirrhosis, he or she has already developed peritoneal cavity fluid as well as enlarged spleen, hypersplenism and upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to esophageal varices in the fundus of the stomach. Patients with this condition need to be treated etiologically according to the specific cause, and need to be treated with intravenous plasma and albumin infusions in small amounts and several times for support. In addition, if the liver function is in grade A, a portal oesophageal dissection procedure should be actively considered.