I have only ever gotten the hard tablets. Planetary Herbals. Ingredients are: Chebulic Myrobalan Fruit, Amal Fruit, and Belleric Myrobalan Fruit. 3 kinds of berries. Hoping yours has same ( sometimes called by different names). If you have capsules with granulated powder, do exactly like you said and just take half - I would open capsule and try to put about half into some honey or yogurt on a spoon. I haven’t come across anybody that reacted that way to it. You can also take during day instead of night if that would feel better for you. I hope this helps put you on the road to healing. 🙏