Transdermal therapeutic system comprising a backing layer which is facing away from the skin and is impermeable for the active ingredient, a) an active-ingredient depot containing an active ingredient, the active ingredient being lavender oil or being the pure active ingredients linalool or linalyl acetate, b) a matrix which is in contact with the active-ingredient depot and controls the delivery of the active ingredient, c) a pressure-sensitively adhering fixing means for the therapeutic system on the skin and d) a detachable protective layer, the matrix and the pressure-sensitively adhering fixing means being identical or different and comprising a material which is selected from the group consisting of pressure-sensitively adhering polymers based on acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and also their esters, polyacrylates, polyisobutylene, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, natural and/or synthetic rubbers, for example acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, butyl rubber or neoprene rubber, styrene-diene copolymers such as styrene-butadiene block copolymers and hotmelt adhesives, or which is produced on the basis of pressure-sensitively adhering silicone polymers or polysiloxanes, the active-ingredient content being from 30 to 400 mg and the active-ingredient depot additionally containing support material comprising fibrous constituents. a) an active-ingredient depot containing an active ingredient, the active ingredient being lavender oil or being the pure active ingredients linalool or linalyl acetate, b) a matrix which is in contact with the active-ingredient depot and controls the delivery of the active ingredient, c) a pressure-sensitively adhering fixing means for the therapeutic system on the skin and d) a detachable protective layer, the matrix and the pressure-sensitively adhering fixing means being identical or different and comprising a material which is selected from the group consisting of pressure-sensitively adhering polymers based on acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and also their esters, polyacrylates, polyisobutylene, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, natural and/or synthetic rubbers, for example acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, butyl rubber or neoprene rubber, styrene-diene copolymers such as styrene-butadiene block copolymers and hotmelt adhesives, or which is produced on the basis of pressure-sensitively adhering silicone polymers or polysiloxanes, the active-ingredient content being from 30 to 400 mg and the active-ingredient depot additionally containing support material comprising fibrous constituents. the matrix and the pressure-sensitively adhering fixing means being identical or different and comprising a material which is selected from the group consisting of pressure-sensitively adhering polymers based on acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and also their esters, polyacrylates, polyisobutylene, polyvinyl acetate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, natural and/or synthetic rubbers, for example acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, butyl rubber or neoprene rubber, styrene-diene copolymers such as styrene-butadiene block copolymers and hotmelt adhesives, or which is produced on the basis of pressure-sensitively adhering silicone polymers or polysiloxanes, the active-ingredient content being from 30 to 400 mg and the active-ingredient depot additionally containing support material comprising fibrous constituents.