Ayurvedic View Point Of Ascites with Natural Home & Herbal Remedies Abstract Ascites means fluid accumulation or fluid build up in the peritoneal cavity of our abdomen through various causes and origins. It is also known by the names as abdominal dropsy, peritoneal fluid etc. It can be cirrhotic as well non cirrhotic in nature. People with cirrhotic ascites have a 3 year mortality rate of 50 percent cases involved. The edema formation is the dysregulation of pressures between the