About the microwaves:

Nitegazer hints (thank you!) to the document in attachment.

Can people with lab background interpret this document in relation to our usage here?

Or add info in general about microwaving for our purposes?

What comes to my mind is if the rue seeds have to be totally submerged (boiled) or only moistened (like soaked + strained) for the microwaves to have their cell disrupting effect?

We have this thread: Microwave Assisted Drytek (MAD Tek) microwaving bark in soup consistency, not dry not watery.

And this thread:[Technique] Microwave-Assisted Extraction.

In post #19 someone did rue with minimal water!

I find 6gr rue overkill, but if he did only what he said then a shallow extraction might have occurred. This might be reflected by the "very easy to drink" remark.