Homeopathic philosophy is contained in the Organon by Samual Hahneman

Similia similibus curentur - let like be cured by like - this adage is the fondation stone of homeopathic philosophy. Built upon this is the concept of treating the 'whole'; that you cannot treat any single part in isolation because no single part is in complete isolation from the whole. This is the fundamental holistic principle recognised across all disciplines of true healing.

Therefore when you seek the cure for any ailment you must look for the symptoms of the suffering in their entirety, not in part, and must prescribe a homeopathic remedy that covers this totality of symptoms. Not to do so is to prescribe a remedy that is not homeopathic, and a remedy that is not homeopathic will not cure.

Once all the componants that constitute the totality of the symptoms have been gathered these must then be matched to a remedy which accurately mirrors that totality, only then will it be homeopathic.