Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.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。) x( D7 @. D- K2 j2 l
- Y1 E* Y% J5 J- e1 u$ p9 y% wtvb 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; h- H& x ~; m3 O% N
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.
2 b/ i0 e( {( Gwww2.tvboxnow.comHuang, 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。3 O N1 ]0 z7 H& C' Q
+ [! i" L& Q5 S* L4 WGelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.
, w# m8 P O o6 _( }# Q6 j5 e0 e公仔箱論壇Eating just a few leaves can cause convulsions and prove fatal.; [1 r. D; J( |3 M
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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.+ d% s$ q; ~7 e
It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.公仔箱論壇. m' z9 F. t5 ]7 B
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The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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% S9 A# t f% E {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。 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 |