Mutton is a food rich in protein, fat, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, nicotinic acid, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, and has the function of appetite and strength, benefitting qi and tonic deficiency, nourishing blood and helping yang, promoting blood circulation and enhancing the ability to protect against cold. As the weather gets colder, shabu-shabu lamb hot pot and lamb soup are becoming more and more popular among northerners. Can cirrhotic patients eat lamb or not? First of all, the protein and fat content of lamb is high, so patients with cirrhosis who have poor liver function will not only be unable to complete the metabolic functions of oxidation, decomposition and absorption in a timely and effective manner, but will also increase the burden on the liver, leading to the onset of liver disease or further aggravation of the disease. Symptoms, such as liver fire, dry mouth, nausea and vomiting, yellow urine, dry stools or loose stools, etc., which is extremely detrimental to the recovery of cirrhosis, so that patients with cirrhosis should not eat mutton, especially those with abnormal liver function, in the active phase of hepatitis cirrhosis patients.