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.
More information about causes of Liver failure: 1  Medications, drugs, or substances causing Liver failure (8 listings) 2  Drug interactions causing Liver failure (1 listings) 3  Underlying causes of Liver failure.  Liver failure as a complication caused by other 1  conditions. Liver failure as a symptom.