A reactive gas application apparatus including an instrument (10) which includes: a plasma generating unit (12); and an outlet (1a) for blowing out a reactive gas activated by plasma, the plasma generating unit (12) including: a tubular dielectric (3) to which a plasma generation gas is introduced; an inner electrode (4) provided inside the tubular dielectric (3), and extending in a tube axis direction (O1) of the tubular dielectric (3); and an outer electrode (5) provided outside the tubular dielectric (3) and faces the inner electrode (4) through the tubular dielectric, wherein the inner electrode (4) has a shaft portion extending in the tube axis direction and a spiral ridge formed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion.