You wrote: “A lot of studies, or at least their articles, don’t really clarify if they are studied in raw form, or cooked.”
Halfway down in the article is this: “When it comes to the type of ginger, Vuppuluri recommends the raw ingredient because it’s the most potent, leading to maximum antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.”
Ginger is super easy to grow.
Get a hunk of ginger root from the grocery, chop it up, soak in tray of water for several days to a week, pot them when after roots sprout.