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Athelas is a fictional healing herb from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, also known as Kingsfoil...

Athelas is a fictional healing herb from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, also known as Kingsfoil or Asￃﾫa Aranion. It was first brought to Middle-earth by Nￃﾺmenￃﾳrean, but by the end of the Third Age the knowledge of its healing properties was lost among all but the Rangers of the North. According to folklore in Gondor, it is especially powerful in the hands of the king, perhaps because of the Elvish heritage of the royal house. It was used by Aragorn, secretly entering Minas Tirith upon his return to Gondor to heal those touched by the Black Breath, an act that enhanced his reputation and strengthened his claim to the crown. Athelas was also used by Huan and Lￃﾺthien to heal wounded Beren in the early Lay of Leithian. It contradicts the information from The Lord of the Rings of it being brought to Middle-earth by Nￃﾺmenￃﾳreans, so it was either changed by Tolkien in later versions of his legendarium, or athelas grew in Beleriand before it was destroyed, and then brought back to Middle-earth by Nￃﾺmenￃﾳreans in the Second Age. Athelas' main healing abilities were related to inverting the results of the black breath and healing the deadly wounds that could be caused by a