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 Diseases of the veins in the liver. 2  Vascular diseases, such as Budd-Chiari syndrome, can cause blockages in the veins of the liver, leading to acute liver failure. 3  Metabolic disease. 4  Rare metabolic diseases, such as Wilson's disease and acute fatty liver of pregnancy, infrequently cause acute liver failure.
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.