Malaysian Bak Kut Teh Recipe Bak Kut Tea (肉骨茶) or Pork Bone Tea is a Chinese-Malaysian soup dish.
Bak Kut Teh - Pork Bone Tea Soup - Rasa Malaysia
A certain type of herbal soup could cause liver damage, a study has found.
Key points:
- A woman in Victoria suffered liver damage after eating bak kut teh soup
- Researchers added four different soup formulations to cultures of liver cancer cells
- All of them caused 'significant toxicity' to the cells
The University of Adelaide and University of Melbourne scientists who did the study said what people ate before they died should be questioned when liver damage was discovered during an autopsy.
The soup studied is called bak kut teh and is popular in Malaysia and Singapore.
Bak kut teh herbal soup may cause liver damage and interact with medication, study finds - ABC News