Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.
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" i3 g# y3 v) G* ^8 C6 l; E Police in a town in southern China believe a local billionaire businessman may have been murdered over lunch by eating cat meat in a poisoned stew. The AP says the two men had a business spat and one invited the other to share lunch and talk business. Authorities believe the cat-meat stew was laced with toxins, killing billionaire Hunag Guang. His associate was taken into custody." O& u7 s5 B3 k, B8 w9 G2 b
7 y' A" j/ }: J5.39.217.76Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.
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Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.公仔箱論壇, i$ R1 U+ ?+ U# L5 g$ ]1 O# x
Eating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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: w. Y# r4 S, I, S4 \. iYet despite containing poisonous alkaloids, it is also still used in Chinese medicine to treat skin ulcers and increasingly being used in the mainstream.: V, e# r( x7 j' S: W
8 K) m$ G" P9 Y; J( L6 X8 bTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
$ D: Q6 P" z+ ~& u) \It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.
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: r( H$ L& o9 g. f* A3 P% f Cat meat is a Cantonese delicacy, much to the growing dismay of animal rights advocates in China. In recent years, animal lovers have blocked trucks loaded with thousands of cats bound for Guangdon |