User blog comment:Lia Schiffer/423: Farewell Swords/@comment-44061-20101007062251/@comment-1351982-20101008023827

@Lia I think Kubo is saving her for later for further story development. The reason she didn't(as far as we know) heal anyone was that Ichigo was her number one concern at that point. As kind and generous as Orihime is, if she had to help someone and she had to choose either Ichigo or a member of the Gotei 13, he first choice would obviously be Ichigo or any other of her close friends.