You can eat 6 to 12 hours after hernia surgery. Usually when the body does not have nausea and vomiting 6 to 12 hours after hernia surgery, you can eat a liquid diet, and the next day you can eat soft food. Diet after hernia surgery should be light, can be appropriate to eat high nutrition, high fiber food, such as lean meat, eggs, apples, spinach, etc., avoid eating stimulating and other foods, such as coffee, strong tea, ginger, chili peppers, etc., as far as possible, do not eat cold, greasy food, so as not to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, too greasy food is not easy to digest. At the same time, hernia surgery after surgery, but also prohibit smoking and alcohol, and drink more water, to promote the body’s metabolism. After hernia surgery, we should pay attention to the wound care, keep the incision dressing dry, clean, avoid getting wet to avoid bacterial infection. If the patient incision pain, redness and swelling and other symptoms, should immediately go to the hospital to avoid adverse effects.