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.
The causes of acute liver failure, when the liver fails rapidly, however, are often different. These include: Acetaminophen overdose; Viruses including hepatitis A, B, and C (especially in children) Reactions to certain prescription and herbal medications; Ingestion of poisonous wild mushrooms What Are the Symptoms of Liver Failure?