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.
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.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。" s5 z! D' z6 v. G" ^0 f
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.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。" N W$ _0 O) F) Z9 j
1 v3 c, B* p. RTVBNOW 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。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- U( V L# E1 y4 P; V! l
Eating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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! t# {+ J/ I, D0 ?7 `7 I9 `' T& A* wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbYet 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.5.39.217.767 Q# o2 f6 _8 [- I' H
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! v8 ~# R# c, {8 h
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The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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& k! g+ N6 |$ x4 r# h1 b6 {7 L3 Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 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 |