Disclosed is a vertically-brushing type electrical toothbrush, comprising a toothbrush head and a toothbrush handle. The toothbrush head comprises a brush head panel 1, a panel wedge-shaped contact 2, a panel balance positioning round shaft 3, an elastic sheet 4, a toothbrush head cover 5, and a movable positioning hole 6. The toothbrush handle comprises: a power supply 7, a power supply switch 8, a motor 9, a driving rod 10, a spiral head 11, a water-proof rubber pad 12, a toothbrush handle protective housing 13, and a water discharge orifice 14. The motor drives the driving rod to rotate, the spiral head at the front end of the driving rod impinges upon the panel wedge-shaped contact at a high frequency, the brush head panel balance positioning round shaft rotates, the brush head panel is eccentric from the pressed elastic sheet, a counteracting force of the elastic sheet restores the position of the brush head panel, thereby achieving the high-frequency swing of the brush head panel in a direction perpendicular to the brush handle.