Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-5821891-20130129005409/@comment-6175354-20130208190758

176.92.27.209 wrote: Acording with his discription ( He is described as being an asian male in his late 50s 60s, a powerful and revered figure known for helping folks in terrible trouble), and also says that he has great powers... i am pretty sure that he is the ginnie of alladin. because he is asian.. and either could be one of mulan relatives or someone of alladin's story (because of asian origin ) and mulan relatives have  not great powers (  magic ).. so it is ginnie.. While the original retelling of Aladdin takes place in China, OUaT already established it taking place in Agrabah. If the Healer is the Genie, his ethnicity would have been listed as Middle-Eastern. Besides, the Aladdin arc was postponed.

As for Mulan; her casting description hinted, that she has magical abilities. So the Healer could, possiblily, be her father.