After the interface of the tube is completely dried, put it into a thick PP-R tube with an inner diameter of 25mm, and the proportion of moxa used is arbitrary. At the beginning of practice, the wool should not be filled too full or too tightly at a time. After the wool is filled to a certain extent, poke it with chopsticks sharpened at the front end to make the moxa even. Then, hold the thick tube tightly with one hand and press one end of the tube on the table (flapping a few sheets of paper on the table), and tamp the moxa in the paper tube with one hand. After tamping once, the top of the velvet will be smooth. After scratching the smooth surface of the velvet with the tip of chopsticks (this requires considerable skill and time, amateur moxa friends can consider ordering a few drops of egg white or glutinous rice glue on glossy surface to play the role of bonding), and then filling the velvet into the paper tube. Repeat the above steps several times.
After stuffing and tamping for the last time, after the top of the moxa reaches the top of the PP-R tube, cut a few holes in the wall of the paper tube with scissors, and then press the paper inward to the surface of the moxa. After pushing the moxa stick out of the thick tube, coat the bottom with a glue stick, stick a piece of cotton paper, tamp it on the table several times to make the paper stick firmly. After drying, cut it round with scissors. This step is called paste bottom.
After cleaning the moxa sticking out from the front end of the paper tube, hold the moxa stick and tamp the exposed end of the moxa stick on the desktop, and the whole process is completed. The photo below shows the finished moxa stick. It is made of 6/ 1 moxa stick14cm in length and weighs 29g. It is full and solid as a whole.