Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.
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+ n7 x' ]: l6 O; t& [# j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.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。6 }& J( u$ e/ A4 A
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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" D6 A; W1 _. K5 `* P
0 q' p- D: n3 D* M3 U6 G. wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
0 J' p; k! z7 w; \% cEating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.
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# \8 b0 ^% Z5 o+ p1 j z; AYet 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0 c/ Y8 B3 I# H( S
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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.( T2 W! b8 \3 R- k( p0 ]- s
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.
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The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.- g/ Z& E, ~4 a; d; F% O& W# q/ C
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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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