Physician's Cure

The physician's cure is a potion, invented by Ascelpius, the healing god, that can bring the dead back to life if administered quickly. It requires three ingredients.
 * Pylosian Mint
 * Makhai or Ares' heartbeat in Sparta


 * Curse of Delos

The Blood of Olympus
When Leo Valdez, Percy Jackson, Hazel Levesque, and Frank Zhang capture the goddess Nike in Olympia, she warns that one of the four present will die battling Gaea. She also tells them of the physician's cure and the necessary ingredients, but says it is too dangerous. Frank replies that he likes cheating death, and that they will proceed to find the ingredients.

In Pylos, Piper McLean and Frank go to find Frank's ancestors, who might have insight on the Pylosian Mint. One of Frank's ancestors gives him the mint, no problem, but warns that their next test will be even tougher, and directs them to Sparta.

In Sparta, Piper and Annabeth Chase descend into some ruins, which is the temple of fear, or Phobos, her maternal half-brother. Guarding the chained god's heartbeat is Mimas, the giant born to slay Hephaestus. Piper warns Annabeth not to think their way out, and instead rely on their emotions. Using her knife, Piper is able to kill Mimas by having the statue of Phobos fall on his head. The makhai tell her that