Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.
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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.5.39.217.76$ R! Y: P7 O( S1 o1 f1 ?. i; |
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.公仔箱論壇 `4 ]- l5 x$ y8 R
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.
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8 N$ u8 t& U6 N% x" f) U8 WGelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
% d8 c0 c0 b. _0 v. r$ R* U公仔箱論壇Eating 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.
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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.TVBNOW 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。% a' R2 y M1 Z( C8 w s/ \9 f! V- G
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.
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2 v( v- E2 S7 f# ^1 P公仔箱論壇The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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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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