Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.公仔箱論壇% v) q6 S+ W" g- p7 H/ T7 [
* K( L' ?" d/ f3 @6 A4 A2 _公仔箱論壇 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.- H0 V8 C( k2 [8 J) G7 m6 r2 I
" Y" i0 \- D* P1 d. s2 nPolice say Huang and Long had economic disputes.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 @7 \# z$ ?/ o+ F# Z- H5 u% E% V; O% N
Huang, deputy director of agriculture in Guangdong's Bajia township, is suspected of poisoning the hotpot with the herb Gelsemium elegans, according to a statement on the microblog of the investigating police.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' |2 U' k8 w) i3 l+ B
# O% t e# C" ~9 }" v$ K/ a+ O- A1 E5.39.217.76Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
& C/ O! P& |* F- k6 a8 cEating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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Yet despite containing poisonous alkaloids, it is also still used in Chinese medicine to treat skin ulcers and increasingly being used in the mainstream.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 c2 ]9 r2 y; R0 m0 y1 `
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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
, ?% ~) O5 {# O# c5 e) BIt has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.
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7 R. _; t; J+ m& e) n: l* Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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- s- q1 X \* U+ E9 [+ ]) K 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 |
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