Beware the cat stew, and not just because it's made of cat.8 F% z5 f6 a7 `9 l2 V
F! l% C8 q& }' l 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,bttvb0 f* v( I+ p2 B% O
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Police say Huang and Long had economic disputes.) d& c) f+ ~4 B! b% h
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.
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2 \$ G3 \+ b6 c4 ]; f6 ?- ]1 g公仔箱論壇Gelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.% m3 O3 V2 `" R+ p2 u# b. v
Eating 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.www2.tvboxnow.com0 r% u: N) A3 |6 ]/ v5 S4 B" C2 o
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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.2 O% w0 m, f2 ~- B4 P) I( w
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.
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" A4 W- P) o0 I+ a: eTVBNOW 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 |
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