In Recognizing Sacred Earth Medicines for Healing and Wellness

Olivia Love
5 min readFeb 21, 2021

#ThankYouPlantMedicine

Today, 2/20/2021, has been declared a day to celebrate the growth of the movement recognizing the importance and power of sacred earth medicines. I take issue with the term “plant medicine” because the intention includes & refers particularly to natural psychedelic and psychoactive substances, but the “plant” label does not include fungi, which is an entirely different kingdom (and one closer to animals than plants, as I’ve learned). Though I find the terminology “plant medicine” to fall short in its…

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