这类流行药用饮料中的一种叫做文·马里亚尼,是一种法国产品,由古柯提取物和红酒混合而成。
One such popular medicinal drink was Vin Mariani, a French product consisting of coca extract mixed with red wine.
报告显示秘鲁可能已经超过哥伦比亚,成为世界古柯叶种植量最多的国家。
It found that Peru may have overtaken Colombia as the world's biggest grower of coca leaf. See article.
西班牙征服者曾宣称古柯叶是恶魔的化身,直到他们了解古柯叶提高了印地安人在地下矿坑的工作效率。
The Spanish conquistadors declared coca a tool of the devil, until they saw how it improved the work rate of the Indians they sent down the mines.
几个世纪以来,居住于安第斯山脉的人有着咀嚼古柯叶提神的传统,他们也用古柯叶做茶叶或烘焙面粉。
Andean peoples have chewed coca leaves for centuries to induce a mild stimulant effect, and they also use the plants to make products such as tea and baking flour.
最著名的就是可口可乐,在它19世纪最初的配方中古柯叶是不经过任何处理直接使用的。
Most prominently, there was Coca-Cola whose original 19th century formula used unaltered coca leaves.
传统上对古柯叶的使用不会上瘾,正如英国的下午茶,德克萨斯州的啤酒一样,使用古柯叶是安第斯山文化的组成部分。
Traditional USES of coca are not addictive and are as much part of Andean culture as a cuppa is in Britain or beer in Texas.
几百年来,居住在安地斯高山上的居民喜爱嚼食古柯叶,其中的生物碱成分是一种温和的兴奋剂,有助于抵抗寒冷和饥饿。
For centuries, people who live in the high Andes have chewed coca leaves, whose alkaloids act as a mild stimulant and help to ward off cold and hunger.
游览玻利维亚首都拉巴斯或秘鲁印加文化遗址库斯科的观光客,通常都会拿到一杯迎宾的古柯叶茶以纾缓高山症(soroche)症状。
TOURISTS who visit Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, or Cusco, Peru’s former Inca seat, are routinely given welcome cups of coca tea to mitigate soroche (altitude sickness).
游览玻利维亚首都拉巴斯或秘鲁印加文化遗址库斯科的观光客,通常都会拿到一杯迎宾的古柯叶茶以纾缓高山症(soroche)症状。
TOURISTS who visit Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, or Cusco, Peru’s former Inca seat, are routinely given welcome cups of coca tea to mitigate soroche (altitude sickness).
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