Ascites is one of the most prominent symptoms of cirrhosis. Once ascites appears in patients with liver disease after cirrhosis, it is considered advanced cirrhosis, or called cirrhosis incompensated stage. Swollen hepatitis also uses ascites as one of the diagnostic bases. Very few acute hepatitis can also present with transient ascites. From the point of view of the disease, the appearance of ascites reflects the severity of the lesion but the ascites can subside in most patients with treatment. The causes of ascites are: 1, liver cell damage. 2, intrahepatic vascular obstruction. 3, endocrine, neurohumoral factors. 4, the role of infection factors. Ancestral medicine believes that cirrhotic ascites belongs to the category of “bulging” “water drum”, the causes of the following aspects: 1, poor diet. 2, emotional and mental injuries. 3, jaundice, accumulation and other diseases, prolonged over time, resulting in liver, spleen, kidney dysfunction, poor qi and blood flow, the three jiao qi is unfavorable, water and dampness does not turn into water.