Trying to get the gist of monk healing.
This spell feels useless too
By itself, no, the heal is negligible. But for Mistweaver it proc Gust of Mist so it is useful if you have high Mastery. For Breemaster it pulls in all healing orbs. And for WW it generates chi.
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Its good in PvP
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It only triggers a 1 second GCD instead of the usual 1.5 which makes up for its somewhat weaker output.
As stated by the others, every spec gets some interactions with it that make it more useful. To note it can be used to heal yourself and another target on MW.
(in pvp)
Expel Harm can be used while your ally is out of range or breaking line of sight of you.
This is to say that if you’re channeling soothing mists on someone and they walk behind a pillar, you can hit expel harm and it will heal them… or if they move just slightly out of range.
Expel Harm is also a fairly decent self heal, it procs a Gust of Mist, which can proc a crit or a Resplendent Mists conduit proc (or both) for roughly a low mana instant 10-20K heal; can also be preceded by Essence Font, providing 2 Gust of Mists from its singular instant cast on top of its base healing. There is also a conduit that buffs the base healing by like ~50%.
You may also channel soothing mists unto yourself and when you press Expel Harm it will heal you twice; as it heals you and your connected target, providing 2 base heals and 2 Gust of Mists (or 2 + 4 w/ EF) all effected by procs aforementioned.
…and should you be necrolord, this is all obviously effected by Bonedust Brew, which guarantees additional healing to Gusts of Mists.
Almost every mw monk spell serves some greater purpose than the tooltip suggests.
Your numbers are off. EH is a 0.5s GCD, the base GCD for any energy-based spec is 1s.
The OP said monk healing which indicates mistweaver not brewmaster or windwalker. So them saying 1 second instead of 1.5 second GCD is correct.
D’oh, you’re right. I’m so used to seeing questions about everything but MW. 
Can be used in a pinch as a pseudo-health pot during high movement where you can’t plant, pretty niche. I’d recommend ignoring it until you get more into the swing of things with MW
when whoever you’re trying to heal is low and far away you can use it to heal them.