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.$ G4 @% a# x8 b* E/ a7 Q2 y0 G& T
5 {# }/ }( Q ]" r) btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice say Huang and Long had economic disputes.7 o: Z2 O% T, e2 o) K. z( 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.5 D6 x4 L) ]4 B1 M, V5 v: i
, A! @/ K& }& k6 O& u Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.3 m; c* G8 a0 c
Eating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.公仔箱論壇3 G! e/ H3 Y# o
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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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4 r% z2 }* s3 D# G7 B公仔箱論壇In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.公仔箱論壇0 S3 D! \/ m9 l
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! L) ^- |+ Z3 g2 n4 a7 x
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The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.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。! u- |. n. }. }0 c+ X$ ~
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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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