I've noticed that when you play Consuming Spear the text is "[Character Name] chops someone and heals up." The last time I saw it, I believe it only dealt 2 damage/healed 2 points. Any chance this wasn't updated after the decision was made not to change the card?
Accent, the damage value of Consuming Spear is correctly listed as 3 in the game data file http://game.cardhunter.com/data/gameplay/Cards/Cards.csv. Maybe there was some other factor in effect reducing the damage in the play you saw.