黄金荣先生病齿痛二十余日，遍服清泻苦降之剂，始终不效，寝食为之不安。余适有他事往谒，问此病
针法能治否？余谓舍蛀齿外皆可治也。即为针合谷、吕细等穴，针去痛除。先生云
金针治病如此神速，悔不早用之，致多受二十余日之痛楚云。
中外医家商讨金针医学时，有同文书院院长大内畅三先生在坐，询及金针能治年久腰痛否？余曰可。间
日邀诊，谓余年六十有二，病已十又三年，平日起居坐卧均感不便，惟阴雨之先，节气之前，不但不能转侧，
且腰部肤冷如冰。中西杂治，终未离去痛苦。前曾一度归国，请其国中著名针灸家治之，亦无大效。言
次即以手臂腰腿等处之灸疤出视。余谓《内经》云太阳所至为腰痛。太阳，膀胱府也。又云腰为肾之府，
转侧不能，肾将惫矣。今既不能转摇，而腰部肌肉又异常觉冷，其为肾阳衰败无疑，宜温通肾府，以去寒湿而
助元阳。即针肾俞，腰部立觉奇暖，去针后即起立如常，谓十余年之痛苦去于一针，何神速乃
尔，即书东亚神术四字为赠。
《金针秘传》为吾师合肥方先生慎庵手着。师世家子娴兵法，总师千军旅之余，得黄公石屏金针秘诀，
十年来蔽蓰尊荣，行道海上，起死人而肉白骨何可胜纪。窃唯一命之士必怀济人利物之心，良相良医本有异途
同归之趣。诵古人一将成功万骨枯之句，则舍彼就此，人爵何如天爵乎！痴佛浮沉宦海，无补时艰，
一官匏系非所愿也。前年函求方师指示金针大法，蒙恩开导，遥沐春风，获其余绪，颇有奇效。推吾师之学
而广之，不亦足以济世活人耶。今师将黄公石屏所授秘诀及历代针经之奥妙，着成此
书，则活人功德垂百世而无替也。
中华民国二十六年一月弟子赵痴佛谨书于山东高等法院
Mr. Huang Jinrong suffered from toothache for more than twenty days. He had taken various bitter, cold, and purgative prescriptions to clear heat and drain fire, but with no effect, causing him distress in both sleep and diet. I happened to visit him on other business and asked whether this condition could be treated with acupuncture. I replied that except for pain caused by dental caries (蛀齿), all other types are treatable. I then needled the Hegu (LI4) and Lüxi (KI6) acupoints, among others. Upon removal of the needles, the pain was immediately relieved. Mr. Huang said, "The golden needle treats diseases with such divine speed; I regret not using it earlier, thus enduring over twenty days of suffering."
During a discussion on Golden Needle Medicine among Chinese and foreign physicians, Mr. Ouchi Yasuzo, President of the Dōbun Institute, was present. He inquired whether the golden needle could treat chronic lower back pain lasting many years. I answered, "Yes." Invited to examine him every other day, he stated that at sixty-two years old, he had been ill for thirteen years. His daily activities of sitting, lying down, and rising were inconvenient. Specifically, before rainy weather or solar terms, not only was he unable to turn his body, but his lower back skin felt as cold as ice. Mixed Chinese and Western treatments failed to relieve his suffering. Previously, he had returned to his home country and sought treatment from renowned Japanese acupuncturists, also without significant effect. While speaking, he showed me moxibustion scars on his arms, waist, and legs. I said, "The *Huangdi Neijing* (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) states: 'When the Taiyang channel is affected, it leads to lower back pain.' Taiyang corresponds to the Bladder organ (膀胱府). It also says: 'The waist is the mansion of the Kidney; inability to turn indicates the Kidney Qi is failing.' Since you cannot rotate your body and your lower back muscles feel abnormally cold, this is undoubtedly due to Kidney Yang deficiency and collapse. We should warm and unblock the Kidney mansion to dispel cold-dampness and assist the Primordial Yang." I then needled the Shenshu (BL23) acupoint. His lower back immediately felt remarkably warm. After needle removal, he stood up normally, exclaiming that over ten years of pain was removed with a single needle, asking how it could be so swift. He subsequently inscribed "Divine Art of East Asia" (东亚神术) as a gift.
*Jinzhen Mizhuan* (Secrets of the Golden Needle) was personally authored by my teacher, Mr. Fang Shen'an of Hefei. My teacher came from a hereditary medical family, proficient in military strategy. Amidst commanding thousands of troops, he obtained the secret golden needle techniques from Master Huang Shiping. For ten years, he avoided worldly honors, practicing medicine along the coastal regions. The number of cases where he revived the dying and regenerated flesh from bones is incalculable. I privately believe that even a low-ranking scholar must harbor a heart to save people and benefit all things. A capable minister and a skilled physician may follow different paths but share the same ultimate goal. Reciting the ancient verse, "One general achieves success at the cost of ten thousand withered bones," one should abandon the military path for medicine. How does human rank compare to the heavenly virtue? Zhi Fo (Zhao Chifo, self-reference) has floated and sunk in the sea of officialdom, contributing nothing to the current national crisis. Holding a minor official post is not my wish. Last year, I wrote to request Master Fang's guidance on the great principles of the golden needle. Grateful for his enlightenment, which felt like bathing in the spring breeze, I acquired the residual essence of this art and achieved remarkable effects. By promoting my teacher's learning and expanding it, can we not sufficiently save the world and help people? Now, my teacher has compiled the secrets taught by Huang Shiping and the profound mysteries of historical acupuncture classics into this book. Thus, the merit of saving lives will endure for a hundred generations without decline.
Disciple Zhao Chifo respectfully writes at the Shandong High Court, January of the 26th Year of the Republic of China (1937)