There are provided a treatment unit and a massage machine using the treatment unit. When a treatment element performs treatment by pressing a treatment target site, the treatment unit performs the treatment while displacement along a direction intersecting a pressing direction is further applied to the treatment target site. A treatment unit includes a treatment element holder 250 having a treatment element 260, a first drive unit A having a first cam 240, and a second drive unit B having a second cam. The first drive unit A is connected to the treatment element holder 250, and the second drive unit B is connected to the first drive unit A.本發明提供一種在用施療子按壓被施療部而進行施療時,還一邊向被施療部施加沿與按壓方向交叉的方向的位移、一邊進行施療的施療單元及使用該施療單元的按摩機。本發明的施療單元具備:施療子保持部(250),其具有施療子(260);第一驅動部(A),其具有第一凸輪(240);第二驅動部(B),其具有第二凸輪,第一驅動部(A)連接於施療子保持部(250),第二驅動部(B)連接於第一驅動部(A)。