Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* t& A V( l$ ]+ {
+ F& `+ N z- R- Y' ]( Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 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.) E, c; ] h* ]% l; t& G( H. J9 C$ B
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.
: L/ y3 L& z z% |. B( xHuang, 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.; h. d# O9 f6 r3 ~" y* @
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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.
1 j9 p8 f; m' X/ A/ v: N! I/ q. }. D; R5.39.217.76Eating 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.公仔箱論壇$ m; z$ a9 F" Q! b' ]4 n
3 n. f9 A5 E7 p; p公仔箱論壇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。# T+ i& Z, ~4 g! Z# j' E; r
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.# c: H, f$ g3 G& N& ?" k; W
$ Y; r% C1 r( h, U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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