There's an effing surprise. I'm just hoping for its use as a cheap source of heating oil. The rest is a welcome bonus.
it also increases meditation and taiji/bagua training 10 fold, brings you more in tune with your inner energies Shen Qi and Jing, helps totally relax the body and mind, wich in fighting is a great advantage to be relaxed (not tooooooooooo relaxed obviously) because speed is increased when the muscles and tendons are relaxed with better motion and technique capabilities, and power comes from speed, thats why the chinese masters used to blaze on some buddha every now and then.