JU ( 29* ) K E 
3(Utttb0j in Latin Juju- 
btc. They are moderately 
hot and moilt : They at- 
ternperate the Sharpnefs or 
the Blood, and are good 
for Difeafes of the Breaft 
and Lungs, for Coughs, 
Difficulty of Breathing, for 
Difeafes of the Reins add 
Bladder, and for Heat of 
Urine. The Syrup of Ju- 
jubs of the London- DiJ fen - 
fdtory is made in the follow- 
ing manner : take of Ju 
jubs number Sixty, of the 
Flowers of Violets five 
Drams, of Liquorifh rafp’d 
and bruiz’d, of the Leaves 
of Maiden-hair, and qf 
French Barly , each one 
Ounce ; of the Seeds of 
Mallows five Drams ; of 
the Seeds of White Pop- 
pies, Melons, Lettice, and 
of .Quinces and Gum Tra- 
gacanth tied up in a Rag 
by themfelves, each thtee 
Drams; boyl them in three 
Quarts of Fountain Water, 
till half is confirm'd; ftrain 
it, and clarifie the Liquor, 
and with two pounds of 
White Sugar make a Sy- 
rup. ’Tisagood,coolingSy- 
r up, and proper for Coughs, 
Pleurilies, and for Ulcers 
of the Lungs and Bladder . 
’.Tis an Ingredient in the 
Lohoch Sanans of the Lcn • 
don-DiJfenfatory, and ofthe 
pedoral Deception . 
K. 
K GfrmflS , or the Scar- 
let Oak., in Latin Ilex 
Coccigera. This little Tree 
grows on ftony Hiiis about 
Montfcliar, and in other 
parts of France, and in Ita- 
ly : But Clufius fays, it does 
not every where bear the 
Grains of Kermes ; for he 
fays, they are only to be 
found in tfiofe Regions 
which are near the Medi- 
terranean Sea where the 
Sun ihipes very hot ; and 
not always there neither ; 
fqr, when the Shrub grows 
fo big as to bear Acorns, 
the Kermes will not grow 
on it ; and therefore the 
Inhabitants burn them up 
when they are about four 
Years old, that young ones 
may come in their Room, 
which afterwards yearly 
have the Grain of Kermes 
Iticking to them, on the 
Branch, like fmall Peas, of 
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