History Main / HealingHands

* In ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter'', the "Healing Touch" is a mysterious power possessed by people thought to be descended from Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, which manifests as various methods of performing surgery extremely well. For Derek or Markus, the healing hands jack up his concentration, allowing him to move incredibly quickly and precisely (represented in-game as [[BulletTime time slowing down]]). Nozomi's version causes the patient's vitals to improve every time she does something right (thus fulfilling this trope most directly), and Valerie's freezes the patient's vitals in place regardless of any injuries that happen.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rollbots}}'', this is the power of Penny, Koto, and presumably the rest of the Kuzuri.

* ''Roleplay/ADragonOfTheNorth'' has [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Jon Snow]] (the reincarnation of the [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Dragonborn]]) make up his own [[MakeMeWannaShout Dragon Shout]], 'Kopraan Muz Haas', that can heal people.

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': [[VideoGame/PsychoSoldier Athena Asamiya]] has this as a part of her PsychicPowers, but it's rarely used in-games and/or in-story. It's seen in ''[[VideoGame/AthenaAwakeningFromTheOrdinaryLife Athena: Awakening From the Ordinary Life]]'' [[spoiler: (heals her {{muggle}} friend Rika)]], in KOF:G (attempts to heal [[spoiler: Chizuru]] but is interrupted by [[spoiler: Goenitz]]), in the XII manhua (heals Kyo), as a Striker in KOF 99 (heals the playing character when called upon), or as an optional part of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vw0S3MaKk0 her Psychic 10 Desperation Move]] in KOF 2003 (heals herself).

* The Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse:

* In the ''Franchise/{{Neptunia}}'' series, this is the primary purpose of [[HospitalHottie Compa]], the local WhiteMage. She usually starts each game being able to heal single targets for small amounts of health or [[AntiDubuff curing a single status effect]], but by the end, she is usually capable of more potent area-of-effect heals, curing ''any'' status effect, and even reviving fallen allies.

* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'': This is Butters' special ability, which involves him literally patting you on the back and assuring you that everything's going to be OK. Note that this is the only time your character smiles in-game.

* Cole in ''Series/{{Tracker}}'' has this. He heals Mel at least once. It was never shown if Mel could do it; she did recharge Cole but never healed anyone.

* Taggart from Ayize-Jama Everett's ''Litearture/LiminalWorld'' books has this as part of his power to manipulate living human flesh and bone as a whole.

* Stephanie Harrington of ''ComicBook/DP7'' has the ability to heal people through physical contact.
* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' healers have the lay-on-hands ability to heal. With amplification, they don't even need to touch their patients, and they can heal multiple patients at once. The power has been expanded to include [[BioManipulation flesh-shaping]] (a painful process at times); DNA-altering; pain-inducing; and some other applications. The ability to stimulate nerve endings can also enhance healers' relationships. The ''Gatherum'' notes that the attempted move to an AnimatedAdaptation required the loss of healing powers since the "lay-on-hands" thing offended the {{Media Watchdog}}s.

* Indigo Tribesmen from ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' can heal.
* In ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles'', Jack Frost later gets to use this power, curing King Mob's lung injury.
* ComicBook/{{Raven}} in ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans New Teen Titans]]'' heals others by absorbing their pain and some degree of their injury into herself, a grisly take on healing powers.
* In ComicBook/TheNewUniverse series ''ComicBook/PsiForce'', This was the paranormal ability of Anastasia Inyushin.
* Vern of ''ComicBook/PS238'' has this ability, to such a degree that he manages to bring another character back from the dead. This earns him a lecture from a third character who can speak with the dead about how this is unnatural and wrong and he can't ever do it again.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Sleepless}}'', the Healers of Aeon from the Kingdom of Harbeny can close wounds and hasten recovery from illness by drawing energy from the end of a patient's lifespan, but the magic has its limitations. Lady Poppy explains those limitations to Princess Rellen when the later questions why the Healers couldn't save Poppy's father, King Verato:

* Toxyn from ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri'' was able to generate a variety of biochemicals after touching someone, including quick-healing antidotes.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': The radiation from Phantom Zone prisoner Nam-Ek's horn appears to heal all injuries and diseases in the bodies of others in close proximity.
* For a while Eddie Brock had his ComicBook/{{Venom}}'s powers pull a ReversePolarity after he came into contact with another person with heal powers. So now he has a white alien symbiote and all the associated powers and the ability to heal people. Not always a good thing considering he can also heal radiation, which [[RadiationInducedSuperpowers gives people like Spider-Man or Radioactive Man their powers]]. Venom packs a mean punch, but it would only take a few seconds of Anti-Venom's touch to "cure" Spider-Man of being Spider-Man ''forever.''
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': After Julia starts miraculously recovering from her paralysis the doctor exclaims that Wonder Woman's presence must have magically healed her. As Diana knows this is ''not'' one of her powers the revelation ends up being the last clue she needs to realize that "Donna," who has been helping Julia, is a disguised Circe who has been using her magic subconsciously when she touches the woman she's trying to aid.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'' has some mutants with this power. The most well-known is the gold-skinned Elixir from ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX''. Beyond healing, he can also inflict damage and pain onto his foes in a similar fashion (causing his skin to become coal-black). He is considered an [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower Omega-Level Mutant]] for this.

* Zarek from the ''Literature/{{Tempest}}'' trilogy is a selkie doctor who uses both human medicine and his own magic. In ''Tempest Unleashed'', Moku is attacked by [[BigBad Tiamat]], hits his head on a rock, and falls into a coma. He spends several days unconscious before Kona fetches Zarek, who uses his magic to bring Moku out of his coma with no lasting brain damage.

* Healers in ''The Healing Wars'' have varying degrees of this, capable of healing even major wounds at a touch, but the kicker is that the ''pain'' of the wound remains unhealed, moving into the Healer's own body until it can be released into a specially-prepared metal. [[spoiler:Turns out pain that is not got rid of will eventually kill the Healer.]] Protagonist Nya is a very capable Healer, but unable to sense the enchanted metal and only able to move pain from person to person.

* The [[MeaningfulName aptly-titled]] Rapha (Hebrew for “healer”) from the second book of ''Literature/TheMarkOfTheLion'' trilogy gains a reputation for having these, although she herself attributes them to the power of God.

* ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse'':