Stable hepatitis B patients can eat chili peppers, but they should avoid eating spicy food during hepatitis flare-ups, and infected people in the decompensated stage of hepatitis B cirrhosis should not eat chili peppers. Hepatitis B is a chronic inflammation of the liver caused by hepatitis B virus infection, and chili pepper does not affect the replication of hepatitis B virus and does not cause hepatitis attack, so hepatitis B patients can eat chili peppers. However, for patients during hepatitis flare-ups, they should try to eat a light diet, a high protein diet, and a high calorie diet, which is conducive to liver repair. Some patients with hepatitis B have progressed to the decompensated stage of cirrhosis, with complications such as esophagogastric fundus varices, ascites and gastrointestinal bleeding. Eating chili peppers may stimulate the gastric mucosa, cause gastrointestinal bleeding, and aggravate the condition, and chili peppers should not be eaten in this situation.