Many of the "home" treatments are very important as supportive treatments for a Parkinson’s patient (PWP)

You had a previous answer about the importance of turmeric – actually it is the curcuminoids in the turmeric which make it beneficial. You can take turmeric as a food seasoning or as a capsule. Curries and Jamaican recipies will provide a good recipe base as well some Mediterranean recipies Here’s one recipe source, there are many out there:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Herbs-and-Spices/Spices/More-Spices/Turmeric/Top.aspx
Try to use turmeric from India.

It is important that you take a reasonable number of antioxidants because PD is a disease of oxidative stress. If you are going to take glutathione, you should try a sublingual which will get into your blood stream and bypass much of the digestive loss. Douglas Labs makes a glutathione sublingual which already has N-acetyl-L-cysteine. You’ll have to add vitamin C (with bioflavonoids please – but watch the grapefruit – also contraindicated with some meds) Also add Vitamin E with delta tocopherol listed in the complex and Alpha Lipoic Acid and Acetyl -Carnitine hcl.

You should also make sure that your daylight exposure is good. You can supplement with Vitamin D3. Don’t ignore the B complex either. Although certain ones are more important for PD, you’ll find it easier to take one supplement unless you are taking levadopa. B6 can interfere with its action. But a diet that includes them is even more important. We’ll be providing a list of such foods at this site later today:
http://parkinsonsfocustoday.blogspot.com/

CoQ10 is one of the best antioxidants you can take. My husband gets significant tremor relief with 1200 mgs per day. Although in his case, he should be taking more because he also takes Lovastatin which depletes CoQ10 considerably. There are several fruits which are high in antioxidants: Cranberry, Kiwi, Blueberries and Strawberries are the highest. As mentioned in a previous answer, Walnuts are high in antioxidants and in omega-3 fatty acids, also important for PD. An apple a day wouldn’t hurt nor would tart or sweet cherries, russet potatoes, red or pinto beans.

On to Exercise. Very Important. All PD patients should be exercising in one way or another every day. That is a really good part of your question. Exercise eases pain, lessens muscle rigidity, helps your speaking voice, strengthens your body, teaches you balance techniques, flexes you fingers to restore some fine muscle control important for typing, dressing, eating and writing, improves walking gait, might even assist eyesight.

Yoga is great for breathing, relaxing body and mind, stretching. I am going to list several links to exercises from the same site. The first is for yoga and breathing. That breathing properly is crucial and self-explanatory for PD patients who can have difficulty swallowing, speaking and breathing. Breathing properly can improve quality of life and perhaps prevent aspiration pnuemonia.
http://parkinsonsfocustoday.blogspot.com/2009/02/breathing-exercises-for-pd-yoga-and.html

Most PD exercises focus on stretching for relief of muscle rigidity and pain. These are some basic movement exercises for day to day navigation:
http://parkinsonsfocustoday.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-ten-exercises-for-parkinsons-basics.html

Below is a link to low impact chair exercises:
http://parkinsonsfocustoday.blogspot.com/2009/02/shakin-all-over.html

Listen to music – find the beat that satisfies. Do you want to dance? You don’t need a partner to dance at home. Just clear a space that is trip free and tango. Music and Dancing are great for helping to restore homeostasis to the PD brain.
http://parkinsonsfocustoday.blogspot.com/2008/08/oliver-sacks-in-his-wonderful-book.html

Water therapy can be done at home if you have a pool. Ann A Rosenstein wrote an excellent book on the subject, "Water Exercises for Parkinson’s"

Back to foods. Everything you read will tell you to ease off the red meats. You have to watch the iron and fat intake. Also be careful about the timing of proteins and levadopa meds. Remember you do not want to upset the balance with fava beans and L-dopas because you will not be able to control the dopamine stimulation and may become more symptomatic. Local honey and cinnamon might be of value as well, especially for PD dental issues.

Uness your physician has told you otherwise, coffee and tea with caffeine should be okay for you. Just don’t imbibe before bedtime, especially if you have sleeping issues.

There have been diet studies about slowing progression:
http://www.ohsu.edu/ohsuedu/newspub/releases/111405diet.cfm
But it is predominantly about lowering caloric intake. This is interesting because weight loss is another side effect of PD and PD meds and can later be a reverse issue.

Sex in any form is also a good exercise but Viagra contains a substance which is not good for the PD patient so …

For the aches and pains, exercise is not the only pain reliever. Neck, shoulder and back pain are common with PD and can be helped with a warming mattress pad at night and hand held vibrators during the day.

Slowing the progression of symptoms is not easy. Being able to reduce meds might actually be a way of slowing progression when the levadopas no longer work as well. There are some meds such as Azilect which can help especially when taken early after diagnosis.

Reducing meds can be helped by Forced Exercise but the equipment for home use is expensive.

http://parkinsonsfocustoday.blogspot.com/2009/05/forced-exercise-to-relieve-parkinsons.html

Without knowing what symptoms you manifest, what meds you are taking, it is harder to answer your question. Certain foods are contraindicated with MAOIs but not MAOI-Bs, for example. Your doctor should know and before instituting a serious course of anything, print the available information and take it to your internist or neuro for discussion. You can also look up the contraindications for the medications you are taking and print those as well.

Addendum:
Look one of the biggest problems which PWPs have is delaying the decision about treatment(s) There is no "right" treatment. But most treatments do involve a mix traditional medicine, supplements, physical exercise, and a long range plan. You need to delay the destruction of more dopamine neurons ASAP. Early detection is often limited by the skills of the physician and the patient in recognising the early risk factors and slowing progress before 60-80% of those neurons have degenerated.
After diagnosis it is the knowledge of the neurologist and and the willingness of the patient to be proactive in his/her course of treatment which will slow progression. It can be done.

You could try to find a functional medicine doctor, there are foods and nutrients that can help without all the man-made pills.

The following home remedies are suggested for Parkinson’s Disease:

1. Mix one tea spoon turmeric powder in one glass of milk or water. Boil it and give it to the patient to drink before breakfast and repeat the same before dinner.

2. Give quarter tea spoon cinnamon powder twice a day after meal.

3. Give walnuts to the patient in small quantity.

4. Boil seven basil leaves in one glass of water and ask the patient to drink thrice a day after meal.

5. Apply pressure on thumbs for ten minutes twice a day before meal.

As the parkinson’s disease doesn’t have any cure with modern medicines, herbal products give maximum relief. Take care and God bless your family!

Hi Raymond, honestly the best person to give advice on this topic is your doctor. If there is any chance at all of slowing the onset of the disease doctors will know about it.

This is a serious disease and you’ll encounter many people trying to sell you all kinds of ‘cures’ but you must be skeptical and have your wits about you. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Though the need for a cure may be desperate you’re in a much better position if you save your money and use it to be treated by specialist doctors.

If you feel that your doctors are not giving you the help that you need or spending enough time discussing things with you, you should find another doctor who will. There are many doctors who will spend time discussing the benefits of diet and exercise with you.
There is much research in parkinson’s being undertaken by doctors and scientists and hopefully a cure or better treatments will be found soon.

Good luck

Kunwar Singh says:
"As the parkinson’s disease doesn’t have any cure with modern medicines, herbal products give maximum relief. "
This is not true. Yes, modern medicine has not yet been able to cure parkinson’s. That does NOT mean that therefore herbal remedies provide the maximum relief. These statements have nothing to do with each other. Modern medicine understands the disease to a much greater extent than alt med practitioners.

The first stage of treatment for Parkinson’s is an accurate diagnosis. This is tricky, as we have noted, particularly early in the disorder when distinguishing Parkinson’s disease from other diseases with similar symptoms is particularly difficult. It may be helpful to see a neurologist who is experienced with what are called movement disorders. A movement disorder specialist has expertise in diagnosing and treating Parkinson’s disease and related disorders.