Methods: 200 subjects with dry eye are enrolled at two ophthalmic centers and randomly assigned to a laser acupuncture group and control group under conventional treatment with artificial tears. The subjects are treated at acupoints including BL2, TE23, ST2, LI4, ST36, and GB37 using verum or sham laser acupuncture during 3 sessions per week. After 4 and 12 weeks of treatment, the differences in the Tear film break-up time, Schirmer test, visual analogue scale, Ocular Surface Disease Index of the patients are analyzed, and compared between the laser acupuncture and control groups using paired t-test and one way ANOVA.