Sterilizing skin and avoiding vessels, the sham thumb-tack needle are directly stock to the surface of acupoints by a band-aid, kneading and pressing for 5 minutes. The sham device will be embedded in the skin and keep staying for 72 hours. Patients will be taught to press them 3 to 4 times per day. As tolerated by them, each pressing will lasts 1 minutes with an interval of about 4 hours.

Gynecological health care guidance will be provided as patients needed.

"Acupoint sensitization" suggests that there are specific changes of biological characteristics on the body surface or acupuncture points in a pathological state. Acupoints associated with the disease may manifest as sensitivity to pain and heat. Infrared thermography (IRT) will be used to measured the temperature of the DOR-related acupoints.

Pain threshold of DOR-related acupoints will be tested by pressure pain threshold gauge (PTG).

The modified Kupperman Index (KI) is widely used for female self-evaluation of the severity of menopausal symptoms in clinical practice. It values 13 items of menopausal symptoms on a scale of 0 to 3. The final score of KI is the sum of each score multiplied with the base score respectively, ranging from 0-63. The final KI score is less than 6 means normal, between 6 to 15 are classified as mild, 16 to 30 as moderate, and greater than 30 as severe.

According to the frequency of symptom occurrence, the SAS contains 20 items reflecting subjective feelings of anxiety, and each item is rated on a four-point scale of 1 to 4, including 15 positive and 5 negative items. 1 means never, 2 is for sometimes, 3 is for frequently, 4 is always. Positive items are rating from 1-4, while negative items is from 4 to 1. Once the evaluation is complete, the scores for each of the 20 items are added together as score X. Score X will multiply by 1.25 and then round to the nearest whole number to obtain a standardized score Y, which is the final result of SAS. According to the Chinese normative results, the cut-off value of the SAS standardized score is 50, where 50-59 is mild anxiety, 60-69 is moderate anxiety, and 69 or more is severe anxiety.

The SDS also contains 20 items reflecting subjective feelings of depression, with 10 positive and 10 negative ratings. 1 means never, 2 is for sometimes, 3 is for frequently, 4 is always. Positive items are rating from 1-4, while negative items is from 4 to 1. Once the evaluation is complete, the scores for each of the 20 items are added together as score X. Score X will multiply by 1.25 and then round to the nearest whole number to obtain a standardized score Y, which is the final result of SDS.The cut-off value of SDS standardized score is 53, where 53 to 62 is considered as mild depression, 63 to 72 is moderate depression, and 72 or more is severe depression.

The TCM psychological constitution scale is compiled by Professor Wang Qi of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, which is widely used in clinical practice. There are 9 items and 66 small items in the TCM constitution scale, and it requires patients fill the scale truthfully by themselves according to their real situation in the last year. Nine psychological constitutions will be determined by conversion score: mild constitution, qi deficiency constitution, qi depression constitution, yin deficiency constitution, yang deficiency constitution, blood stasis constitution, special constitution, phlegm-dampness constitution and damp-heat constitution.