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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb O5 _: V$ @, ^- \
" ]! J2 k5 t( C. M- xwww3.tvboxnow.comPolice say Huang and Long had economic disputes.
% a$ w* c7 d N qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHuang, 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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; m! o; {8 q: xGelsemium elegans is a toxic plant indigenous to southeastern Asia well known among hill tribes as an effective means for committing suicide.+ D; d, E$ I; m S% S0 h6 @
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.公仔箱論壇. A2 m ]. E( W1 W2 D
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In the 18th century it was administered as an analgesic and recent pharmacological studies have supported that use.
0 h' a3 z- [% l/ G& I& e4 w公仔箱論壇It has also been suggested Gelsemium elegans has anti-inflammatory and anti-tumour effects.www3.tvboxnow.com7 K& \ F1 O, f& k+ i
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The herb is widely distributed in the north and south of China.
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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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