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.
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is caused by other diseases or conditions that damage or overwork the heart muscle; over time, the heart muscle is weakened. The leading causes of congestive heart failure are: 1  Coronary artery disease (CAD). 2  High blood pressure (hypertension). 3  Diabetes.