Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-88.117.41.142-20151221171736/@comment-27718380-20151229160825

Madman198237 wrote: Well, that and Athelas only smells "wholesome" when crushed by most people, while when Aragorn crushes it he can drive away the Black Breath. Also, Aragorn has the power to fight sickness using his own strength. Though we don't know how it works, we know that boiling Athelas helps. That's what the people around him said. If you ask Arwen, he probably just knew how to do remedies using Athelas and other herbs. It's like Jesus was most likely just a man who knew some basic medicinal things and people really, and I mean really spiced up his life.