• Convert endometrium to secretory stage
• Make cervical mucus permeable to sperm.
• Inhibit immune response, e.g., towards the human embryo
• Decrease uterine smooth muscle contractility^[1]
• Inhibit lactation
• Inhibit onset of labor.

Other:

• Raise epidermal growth factor-1 levels
• Increase core temperature during ovulation^[2]
• Reduce spasm and relax smooth muscle (widen bronchi and regulate mucus)

Anti-inflammatory

• Reduce gall-bladder activity^[3]
• Normalize blood clotting and vascular tone, zinc and copper levels, cell oxygen levels, and use of fat stores for energy
• Assist in thyroid function and bone growth by osteoblasts
• Increase resilience in bone, teeth, gums, joint, tendon, ligament, and skin
• Promote healing by regulating collagen
• Provide nerve function and healing by regulating myelin
• Prevent endometrial cancer by regulating effects of estrogen

• Promote formation of female secondary sex characteristics
• Accelerate height growth
• Accelerate metabolism (burn fat)
• Reduce muscle mass
• Stimulate endometrial growth
• Increase uterine growth
• Maintain blood vessels and skin
• Reduce bone resorption, increase bone formation

Protein synthesis:

• Increase hepatic production of binding proteins

Coagulation:

• Increase circulating level of factors 2, 7, 9, 10, antithrombin III, plasminogen
• Increase platelet adhesiveness
• Increase HDL, triglyceride, height growth
• Decrease LDL, fat depositition

Fluid balance:

• Regulate salt (sodium) and water retention
• Increase growth hormone
• Increase cortisol, SHBG

Gastrointestinal tract:

• Reduce bowel motility
• Increase cholesterol in bile

Melanin:

• Increase pheomelanin, reduce eumelanin

Cancer:

• Support hormone-sensitive breast cancers ^[4] (Suppression of production in the body of estrogen is a treatment for these cancers.)

Lung function:

• Promote lung function by supporting alveoli^[5].