For thousands of years it was used by the ancient Egyptians as part of religious ceremonies to reach higher levels of consciousness and connect to the Divine. They would steep the Blue Lotus flowers in wine for several weeks and use it as a sacred sacrament.
1 Metabolic disease. 2  Rare metabolic diseases, such as Wilson's disease and acute fatty liver of pregnancy, infrequently cause acute liver failure. 3  Cancer. 4  Cancer that either begins in or spreads to your liver can cause your liver to fail.
Acute liver failure can also be genetic. You can get an abnormal gene from one or both of your parents. If you suffer from a genetic liver disease, you are more susceptible to liver failure. Chronic liver failure is usually a result of cirrhosis or alcohol-related liver disease.