Cirrhosis patients can eat hawthorn. Hawthorn is rich in vitamin C, vitamin B and carotene, which is nutritious and suitable for patients with liver cirrhosis. Moreover, hawthorn has the effect of strengthening stomach and eliminating food, which can improve appetite, promote secretion of digestive enzymes and alleviate abdominal distension of patients with liver cirrhosis. Cirrhosis patient’s general symptom will have abdominal distension, decreased appetite, especially with portal hypertension gastropathy, there will be gastric stagnation, so the appetite is poorer. Hawthorn can relieve these symptoms and is more suitable for cirrhosis patients. However, hawthorn is acidic food, stimulating stomach acid can be secreted too much, so it is not recommended to eat more, eating more hawthorn can lead to heartburn, acid reflux, stomach upset and other symptoms. At the same time, it should also be noted that cirrhosis patients usually have esophageal-fundus vein varices, if eating hawthorn, the skin of hawthorn may stimulate and lead to esophageal-fundus vein varices rupture and bleeding. Therefore, cirrhosis patients should chew hawthorn slowly, and if necessary, can make hawthorn into juice before consumption.