当你乘坐巴西民航时,航空小姐在送饮料时会问你:您要桔汁、啤酒还是瓜拉那? 什么是瓜拉那?瓜拉那是瓜拉那树的果实和用它制成的食品,如瓜拉那汽水、瓜拉那面团等。瓜拉那树是一种热带灌木。枝干高一至二米,叶椭圆如掌,花黄白色,果比樱桃略大,熟后呈红色,有硬壳,类似咖啡。果仁有很高的医用价值。据医学界人士说,瓜拉那不仅是良好的补品,且可防治动脉硬化,治疗神经疼、偏头疼,更有治疗便泻、痢疾的功能。据说,亚马孙地区印第安人身强力壮与长期食用瓜拉那有关,因而瓜拉那被称为印第安人的神树。瓜拉那树是巴西特有的植物,原属野生,现已开始人工培种。近年来,植物学家和药物工作者发现 When you fly to Brazil’s Civil Aviation, the flight attendant will ask you when you send a drink: Are you going to orange juice, beer or guarana? What is Guarana? Guarana is the fruit of the Guarana tree and is made of it Food, such as guarana soda, guarana dough and so on. The Guarana tree is a tropical shrub. Branches high one to two meters, leaf oval, such as palm, yellow flowers, slightly larger than cherry, cooked red, hard shell, similar to coffee. Nuts have high medical value. According to medical experts, Guarana is not only a good supplement, but also can prevent and treat arteriosclerosis, pain in the treatment of neuralgia, migraine headache and more in the treatment of diarrhea and diarrhea. It is said that Indians in the Amazon region are physically strong and have long been associated with Guarana, so that Guarana is known as the Indian god tree. Guarana tree is endemic to Brazil plant, originally wild, has now begun artificial cultivation. In recent years, botanists and drug workers have discovered