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.
Sometimes the kidneys can stop working very suddenly (within two days). 1  This type of kidney failure is called acute kidney injury or acute renal failure. Common causes of acute renal failure include: 2  Heart attack. 3  Illegal drug use and drug abuse. 4  Not enough blood flowing to the kidneys. 5  Urinary tract problems.