Talk: Healing

Spirit Oasis

It states that Aang was killed in the fight between him and azula. It also says spirit oasis water ressurected him. Is this true? This is stated in the spirit oasis page.Aeonophic (wall • contribs) 16:58, November 11, 2012 (UTC)Aeonophic

First episode of Season 3, "I wasn't just hurt, was I? I was...gone." I don't know how people keep missing this.Neo Bahamut (wall • contribs) 21:15, November 11, 2012 (UTC)

Believe it or not, I can actually use this technique. The only difference is I don't use water and I can't heal burns.

Spirit Mumbo Jumbo

There were so many edits regarding what to call this thing, that I figured someone would have to do this. We need to agree on what to call Unalaq's thing. To start with, I'd like to pick apart a response to a reversion I'd made:

"No. Lightning redirection is based off the techniques involved in waterbending, but it's not "water-based firebending". Unalaq's technique, as far as I know, don't actually heal spirits in the context that conventional healing does."

Unalaq's technique does "heal" the spirits, by channeling their negative energy into positive energy, & turning them back to normal. Also, it's a very different situation, because it's still Waterbending. The analogy would be more appropriate if lightning redirection had required controlling water to work, at which point we would probably all agree that it's just a form of Waterbending.

I propose: Dark Spirit Healing. "Spiritual" tells the readers less than nothing, & "healing modification" tells them less than before, but with more letters.Neo Bahamut (wall • contribs) 00:56, October 6, 2013 (UTC)

According to Unalaq's explanation, dark spirits are spirits where the light and dark are unbalanced, with the dark taking over. Going by that explanation, and the interview where the technique was explained as a form of healing, I'd say it merely "rebalances" the dark and light in the spirits, changing the negative into the positive. One of the Light Into Dark trivia game questions called it "spiritual waterbending". I'm more interested in knowing if one can use this without knowing regular healing or not. We don't know that for a fact yet. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:13, October 6, 2013 (UTC)

I'm more interested in getting an acknowledged terminology so it isn't changed with every other edit. And it's really semantics, it brings them back into harmony, therefore it heals them. That's basically the idea behind homeostasis.Neo Bahamut (wall • contribs) 01:30, October 6, 2013 (UTC)

With the currently available information, both in and out of universe, I'd call it "spirit(ual) healing". Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:41, October 6, 2013 (UTC)

Adding firebending to this page

I think we should also add firebending in this page because Sifu Kisu mentioned in tumblr that firebenders are also healers and as you can tell the shaman used a very similiar technique to regular healing. Korra wasn't wounded that's why she didn't actually heal her but instead read her chi paths and then they placed Korra into the spirit pool and I'm pretty sure that even Katara cannot heal Korra without the spirit water in the same situation Klainatta (wall • contribs) 13:17, December 8, 2013 (UTC)

There is already a point in the trivia section noting that there is a similar technique in firebending. However, I would note that this technique has only ever been seen to detect the chi paths, and not to actually heal any wounds or injuries, so I do not believe anything more than what is already noted should be included. HAMMEROFTHØR (wall) • 13:51, December 8, 2013 (UTC)

To add to that, if Sifu Kisu said something about it, that might change things, but we'd need to show what was said, & where.Neo Bahamut (wall • contribs) 18:10, December 8, 2013 (UTC)

Here's the link;http://sifu-kisu.tumblr.com/post/64464327330/fire-benders-are-healers-too Klainatta (wall • contribs) 22:10, December 8, 2013 (UTC)

The trivia point is sufficient as the Shaman read Korra's chi patterns, that's all. Whether Katara would've been able to heal Korra with or without spirit water is a moot point as that is pure speculation either way. Lady Lostris /  SOAP 22:14, December 8, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, it's kind of a situation where we've said all that we know. If Firebending can do more, then maybe they'll clarify it in the future.Neo Bahamut (wall • contribs) 22:21, December 8, 2013 (UTC)

Regarding "Limits of Healing"

It says in the article that healing is ineffective in people who have had their chi disrupted and uses the example of Katara attempting to heal the Terra Team soldier as proof. My problem is this: wasn't Katara attempting to reverse the effects of the blocked chi, and she was unsuccessful in doing that specifically, which means she might've been able to heal unrelated wounds that the soldier might've had? Furthermore, the man's chi appeared to have been completely blocked by Ty Lee (though it was a temporary effect). In LoK, we don't know how (or even if) Amon disrupted chi flow, so isn't it fair to say that healers might still be able to heal cuts/bruises/other wounds on someone who had their bending removed by Amon? They can't restore the person's bending, obviously, but it's arguable that they might still be able to heal unrelated wounds, although it'd probably take longer because the person's chi flow has been disrupted. It might be helpful to add a note that healers might still be capable of healing wounds despite the victim having a disrupted chi flow or stolen bending. I know this is speculation, but the statement that healers can't heal someone with a disrupted chi flow might not be entirely true. Sorry if I made a mistake somewhere, or missed something obvious.

Thank you,

Sydney102474 (wall • contribs) 02:34, November 24, 2014 (UTC)Sydney102474

I think what the article wanted to convey was the fact that healing cannot necessarily restore chi flow if it has been disrupted, but that was written not so clearly, which makes it sound like healers can't heal chi-blocked individuals at all. I wouldn't be opposed to rewriting it to reflect the former more clearly, for sure. Water Spout 03:00, November 24, 2014 (UTC)