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.
Acute liver failure, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, can occur even if you do not have a preexisting liver disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, acetaminophen (Tylenol) overdose is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the United States.