A device for human medical or veterinary treatment comprising a gas discharge generator designed to generate reactive gases that can be used in plasma therapy in a gas discharge zone, a flow generator designed to generate a flow of gas from the gas discharge zone through a reaction chamber in the direction of an outlet opening of the reaction chamber, and an application device coupled to the outlet opening for discharging the reactive gases from the reaction chamber to the application location, the flow generator and/or the reaction chamber being designed to generate a turbulent flow in the reaction chamber and/or the gas discharge zone.